Aster alpinus

Aster alpinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Astereae
Subtribus: Asterinae
Genus: Aster
Species: Aster alpinus
Subspecies: A. a. subsp. alpinus – A. a. subsp. bohemicus – A. a. subsp. breyninus – A. a. subsp. cebernnensis – A. a. subsp. cylleneus – A. a. subsp. glabratus – A. a. subsp. subvillosus
Varietates: A. a. var. diversisquamus – A. a. var. serpentimontanus – A. a. var. vierhapperi

Name

Aster alpinus L. (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Diplactis alpina (L.) Semple in Univ. Waterloo Biol. Ser. 38: 17 (1996).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Norway, Sweden, France, Andorra, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, N-, C- & E-European Russia Continental: Asia-Temperate Northern Caucasus, Georgia [Caucasus], Armenia, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Siberia (W-Siberia), Kazakhstan, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia), Iran (EC-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, N-Iran) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 872. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
• Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Aster alpinus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Aug 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Aster alpinus. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 02 2017.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Aster alpinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Dec. 2017.
• Hassler, M. 2017. Aster alpinus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Dec. 02. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Alpen-Aster
English: alpine aster
español: manzanilla de pastor
suomi: Alppiasteri
français: Aster des Alpes
italiano: Astro alpino
Nederlands: bergaster
русский: Астра альпийская
Türkçe: Alpin yıldızpatısı
українська: Айстра альпійська

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