Asteraceae

Aster L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 872 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Jawa, NW. Africa, Subarctic America to NW. U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hainan, Hungary, Idaho, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ogasawara-shoto, Ontario, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Northwest European R, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Tennessee, West Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K. Bremer, Asteraceae Clad. & Class.: 413 (1994)
  • Lisowski, Aster. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 39 (1991)
  • Sp. Pl.: 872 (1753)
  • W. Lippert in Mitt. Bot. Staats., München 11: 153-258 (1973)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0