Asteriscus (plant)

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Asteriscus
Nauplius sericeus0.jpg
Asteriscus sericeus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Inuleae
Genus:
Asteriscus

Tourn. ex Mill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dontospermum Sch.Bip.
  • Bubonium Hill
  • Odontospermum Neck. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Nauplius (Cass.) Cass.
  • Ighermia Wiklund

Asteriscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Species[]

As of August 2020 there are nine accepted species in Asteriscus:[4]
No. Binomial name Authority Distribution Images
1. Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less.[5] North Africa, Mediterranean Region, Middle East, Europe, Balearic Islands, Canary Island, Turkey
Asteriscus aquaticus
2. Asteriscus daltonii Walp.[6] Cape Verde (Santiago)
Asteriscus daltonii subspecies volgelii
[7]
3. (Forssk.) Less.[5] North Africa, Middle East
Asteriscus graveolens
[8]
4. DC.[9] Morocco
5. (DC.) Pit. & Proust[10] Canary Islands
Asteriscus intermedius
6. Maire & Wilczek[11] Morocco
7. (Bolle) Pit. & Proust[10] Canary Island, Morocco and Western Sahara
Asteriscus schultzii
8. Asteriscus sericeus (L.f.) DC.[12] Canary Islands and introduced in Morocco
Asteriscus sericus
9. Asteriscus smithii Walp.[6] Cape Verde (São Nicolau)
Species formerly included[1]

Several species have been transferred to Pallenis or Rhanterium, most notably:

Distribution[]

The genus is native to Europe, North Africa, Macaronesia, and the Middle East.[1][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary, Abridged, fourth edition
  3. ^ Tropicos, Asteriscus Tourn. ex Mill.
  4. ^ POWO 2019, http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182658-1.
  5. ^ a b Lessing 1832, p. 210.
  6. ^ a b Walpers 1852, p. 844.
  7. ^ K Ueda 2020, https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1638360400.
  8. ^ K Ueda 2020, https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2238828410.
  9. ^ Candolle 1836, p. 487.
  10. ^ a b Pitard & Proust 1909, p. 224.
  11. ^ Maire & Wilczek 1935, p. 128.
  12. ^ Candolle 1836, p. 486.
  13. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asteriscus includes photos and European distribution maps

Bibliography[]

  1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (in Latin). Vol. 5. Parisii: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz.
  2. K Ueda (2020). "iNaturalist Research-grade Observations". iNaturalist.org. doi:10.15468/ab3s5x. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. Lessing, Christian Friedrich (1832). Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis. Berolini: sumtibus Dunckeri et Humblotii.
  4. Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest; Wilczek (1935). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Vol. 26.
  5. Pitard, Charles-Joseph Marie; (1909). Iles Canaries.
  6. POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online". Published on the Internet. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard (1852). Annales botanices systematicae. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). Lipsiae: Sumtibus F. Hofmeiste.

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