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Aster

The genus Aster is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aster

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Aster ageratoides Turcz. Accepted L TICA
Aster aitchisonii Boiss. Accepted M TICA
Aster alatipes Hemsl. Accepted M TICA
Aster albanicus (Degen) Degen Accepted M TICA
Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster alpinoamellus Novopokr. ex Tzvelev Accepted M TICA
Aster alpinus L. Accepted M TICA
Aster altaicus Willd. Accepted M TICA
Aster amellus L. Accepted M TICA
Aster ananthocladus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Accepted M TICA
Aster andringitrensis Humbert Accepted M TICA
Aster apinnatifidus (Mat.) Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster arenarius (Kitam.) Nemoto Accepted M TICA
Aster argyi H.Lév. Accepted M TICA
Aster argyropholis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster armerioides (Nutt.) Kuntze Accepted M TRO
Aster asa-grayi Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster asteroides (DC.) Kuntze Accepted L TICA
Aster baccharoides (Benth.) Steetz Accepted M TICA
Aster bachtiaricus Mozaff. Accepted M TICA
Aster bahamensis Britton Accepted M TICA
Aster bakerianus Burtt Davy ex C.A.Sm. Accepted M TICA
Aster barbellatus Grierson Accepted M TICA
Aster bellidiastrum (L.) Scop. Accepted M TICA
Aster bergianus Harv. Accepted M TICA
Aster bietii Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster bipinnatisectus Ludlow ex Griers. Accepted L TICA
Aster bowiei Harv. Accepted M TICA
Aster brachyphyllus C.C.Chang Accepted M TICA
Aster brachytrichus Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster brevis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster capusi Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster caricifolius Kunth Accepted M TICA
Aster chimanimaniensis W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster chingshuiensis Y.C.Liu & C.H.Ou Accepted M TICA
Aster ciliosus Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster coahuilensis S.F.Blake Accepted M TICA
Aster comptonii W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster confertifolius Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Accepted M TICA
Aster decumbens (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom Accepted M TICA
Aster diplostephioides (DC.) C.B.Clarke Accepted L TICA
Aster ensifer Bosserdet Accepted L TICA
Aster erucifolius (Thell.) W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster exilis Elliott Accepted M TICA
Aster falcifolius Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster falconeri (C.B.Clarke) Hutch. Accepted M TICA
Aster fanjingshanicus Y.L.Chen & D.J.Liu Accepted M TICA
Aster farreri W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey Accepted M TICA
Aster fastigiatus Fisch. Accepted M TICA
Aster filipes J.Q.Fu Accepted M TICA
Aster fischerianus DC. Accepted L TICA
Aster flaccidus Bunge Accepted M TICA
Aster formosanus Hayata Accepted M TICA
Aster fulgidulus Grierson Accepted M TICA
Aster fuscescens Bur. & Franch. Accepted L TICA
Aster giraldii Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster glabrifolius (DC.) Reiche Accepted M TICA
Aster glehnii F.Schmidt Accepted M TICA
Aster gracilicaulis Y.Ling ex J.Q.Fu Accepted M TICA
Aster grisebachii Britton Accepted M TICA
Aster handelii Onno Accepted M TICA
Aster harrowianus Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster harveyanus Kuntze Accepted L TICA
Aster hayatae H.Lév. & Vaniot Accepted M TICA
Aster heleius Urb. Accepted M TICA
Aster helenae Merr. Accepted M TICA
Aster heliopsis Griers. Accepted L TICA
Aster henryi Hemsl. Accepted M TICA
Aster hersileoides C.K.Schneid. Accepted M TICA
Aster heterolepis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster himalaicus C.B.Clarke Accepted M TICA
Aster hispidus Thunb. Accepted M TICA
Aster hololachnus Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster hualiensis S.S.Ying Accepted M TICA
Aster hunanensis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster hypoleucus Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster iinumae Kitam. ex Hara Accepted M TICA
Aster incisus Fisch. Accepted M TICA
Aster indamellus Griers. Accepted L TICA
Aster ionoglossus Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster itsunboshi Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster jeffreyanus Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster jishouensis W.P.Li & S.X.Liu Accepted M TICA
Aster juchaihu Z.Y.Zhu & B.Q.Min Accepted M TICA
Aster kansuensis Farrer Accepted M TICA
Aster kantoensis Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster kayserianus Schur Accepted M TICA
Aster komonoensis Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster koraginensis Kom. Accepted M TICA
Aster koraiensis Nakai Accepted M TICA
Aster kyobuntensis Nakai Accepted M TICA
Aster laka C.B.Clarke Accepted M TICA
Aster langaoensis J.Q.Fu Accepted M TICA
Aster lasiocladus Hayata Accepted M TICA
Aster latibracteatus Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster latisquamatus (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster lavandulifolius Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster leonis Britton Accepted M TICA
Aster limonifolius (Less.) B.Fedtsch. Accepted M TICA
Aster limosus Hemsl. Accepted M TICA
Aster limprichtii Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster lindenii Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Aster lingulatus Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster linosyris (L.) Bernh. Accepted M TICA
Aster lipskii Komarov Accepted L TICA
Aster luzonensis Elmer Accepted M TICA
Aster lydenburgensis W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster maackii Regel Accepted M TICA
Aster magnus Y.N.Lee & C.Kim Accepted M TICA
Aster mangshanensis Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster marchandii H.Lév. Accepted L TICA
Aster megalanthus Y.Ling Accepted L TICA
Aster methodorus (Benth.) Govaerts Accepted M TICA
Aster milanjiensis S.Moore Accepted M TICA
Aster miquelianus Hara Accepted L TICA
Aster miyagii Koidz. Accepted M TICA
Aster molliusculus (Lindl. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke Accepted L TICA
Aster morrisonensis Hayata Accepted M TICA
Aster motuoensis Y.L.Chen Accepted M TICA
Aster muliensis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster mutabilis Vell. Accepted M TICA
Aster nakaoi Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster neoelegans Grierson Accepted M TICA
Aster nigrocinctus Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster nigromontanus Dunn Accepted M TICA
Aster nitidus C.C.Chang Accepted M TICA
Aster novi-belgii L. Accepted M TICA
Aster novopokrovskyi Iljin Accepted L TICA
Aster nubimontis W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster okanoganus Piper Accepted M TICA
Aster oldhamii Hemsl. Accepted L TICA
Aster oreophilus Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster outeniquae Fourc. Accepted M TICA
Aster ovalifolius Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster ovatus (Franch. & Sav.) Mot.Ito & Soejima Accepted M TICA
Aster panduratus Nees ex Walp. Accepted M TICA
Aster peduncularis Wall ex Nees Accepted M TICA
Aster peglerae Bolus Accepted M TICA
Aster perfoliatus Oliv. Accepted M TICA
Aster peteroanus Phil. Accepted M TICA
Aster philippinensis S.Moore Accepted M TICA
Aster pleiocephalus (Harv.) Hutch. Accepted M TICA
Aster pluriflorus G.Don Accepted M TICA
Aster pohlii Baker Accepted M TICA
Aster polios C.K.Schneid. Accepted M TICA
Aster poliothamnus Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster popovii Botsch. Accepted M TICA
Aster prainii (J.R.Drumm.) Y.L.Chen Accepted M TICA
Aster pseudobakeranus W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster pseudodumosus (Thell.) Bergmans Accepted M TICA
Aster pseudoglehnii "Y.S.Lim, Hyun & H.Shin" Accepted M TICA
Aster pujosii Quézel Accepted M TICA
Aster pycnophyllus Franch. ex Diels Accepted M TICA
Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC. Accepted M TICA
Aster quitensis Willd. ex Spreng. Accepted M TICA
Aster retusus Ludlow Accepted M TICA
Aster rockianus Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster rugulosus Maxim. Accepted M TICA
Aster ruoqiangensis Y.Wei & C.H.An Accepted M TICA
Aster salwinensis Onno Accepted M TICA
Aster sampsonii (Hance) Hemsl. Accepted L TICA
Aster sanczirii Kamelin & Gubanov Accepted M TICA
Aster satsumensis Soejima Accepted M TICA
Aster savatieri Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster scaber Thunb. Accepted M TICA
Aster sedifolius L. Accepted M TICA
Aster sekimotoi Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster semiamplexicaulis (Makino) Makino ex Koidz. Accepted M TICA
Aster senecioides Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster setchuenensis Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster shennongjiaensis W.P.Li & Z.G.Zhang Accepted M TICA
Aster sikkimmensis Hook.f. & Thomson Accepted M TICA
Aster sikuensis W.W.Sm. & Farrer Accepted M TICA
Aster silenifolius Turcz. Accepted M TICA
Aster sinianus Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster sohayakiensis Koidz. Accepted M TICA
Aster souliei Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster spathulifolius Maxim. Accepted M TICA
Aster spinosus Benth. Accepted M TICA
Aster stracheyi Hook.f. Accepted M TICA
Aster striatus Champ. ex Benth. Accepted M TICA
Aster subulatus (Michx.) Hort. ex Michx. Accepted M TICA
Aster sugimotoi Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster taiwanensis Kitam. Accepted M TICA
Aster takasagomontanus Sasaki Accepted M TICA
Aster taliangshanensis Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster tansaniensis W.Lippert Accepted M TICA
Aster taoyuenensis S.S.Ying Accepted M TICA
Aster tataricus L.f. Accepted M TICA
Aster techinensis Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster tenuipes Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster thomsonii C.B.Clarke Accepted L TICA
Aster tientschwanensis Hand.-Mazz. Accepted M TICA
Aster tongolensis Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster tricapitatus Vaniot Accepted M TICA
Aster tricephalus C.B.Clarke Accepted M TICA
Aster trichoneurus Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster trinervius Roxb. ex D.Don Accepted M TICA
Aster tsarungensis (Grierson) Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster turbinatus S.Moore Accepted M TICA
Aster uchiyamai Nakai Accepted M TICA
Aster veitchianus Accepted M TICA
Aster velutinosus Y.Ling Accepted M TICA
Aster vestitus Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster vvedenskyi Bondarenko Accepted M TICA
Aster willkommii Sch.Bip. Accepted M TICA
Aster woroschilowii Zdor. & Schapoval Accepted M TICA
Aster yakushimensis (Kitam.) Soejima & Yahara Accepted M TICA
Aster yomena Makino Accepted M TICA
Aster yoshinaganus (Kitam.) Mot.Ito & Soejima Accepted M TICA
Aster yunnanensis Franch. Accepted M TICA
Aster zayuensis Y.L.Chen Accepted M TICA
Aster zuluensis W.Lippert Accepted M TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2,338 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aster. Of these 214 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 769 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aster. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 2,338 species names for the genus Aster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 214 9.2%
Synonym 1,569 67.1%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 555 23.7%

All names

The status of the 3,107 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 247 7.9%
Synonym 2,295 73.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 565 18.2%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 2,338 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aster, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 195 1,349 0 0 1,544 66.0%
Low confidence 19 220 0 555 794 34.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Aster, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
TICA 213 1,561 0 551 0 2,325 99.4%
Tropicos 1 8 0 4 0 13 0.6%