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Aster  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 35510

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Common Name(s): aster [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderAsterales   
                            FamilyAsteraceae  – sunflowers, tournesols  
                               GenusAster L. – aster  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesAster alpinus L. – alpine aster 
                                  SpeciesAster amellus L. – Italian aster, Italian starwort 
                                  SpeciesAster bietii Franch.  
                                  SpeciesAster brachytrichus Franch.  
                                  SpeciesAster caucasicus Willd.  
                                  SpeciesAster diplostephioides (DC.) C.B. Clarke  
                                  SpeciesAster farreri W.W. Sm. & Jeffrey  
                                  SpeciesAster flaccidus Bunge  
                                  SpeciesAster glehnii F. Schmidt  
                                  SpeciesAster himalaicus C.B. Clarke  
                                  SpeciesAster linosyris (L.) Bernh. – goldilocks 
                                  SpeciesAster maackii Regel  
                                  SpeciesAster oreophilus Franch.  
                                  SpeciesAster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC.  
                                  SpeciesAster sedifolius L.  
                                  SpeciesAster tataricus L. f. – Tatarian aster 
                                  SpeciesAster thomsonii C.B. Clarke  
                                  SpeciesAster tongolensis Franch.  
                                  SpeciesAster trigonicus Burgess  
                                  SpeciesAster ursinus Burgess  
                                  SpeciesAster yunnanensis Franch.  
       

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  Source: Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Update coordinated by the International Compositae Alliance (TICA) (http://www.compositae.org/) through the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the USDA National Plant Data Center   
  Reference for: Aster   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Aster   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Aster   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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