Taxon: Aster tongolensis Franch.

Genus:

Aster

Family:

Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Astereae

Nomen number:

104044

Place of publication:

J. Bot. (Morot) 10:376. 1896

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

18-jun-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-may-2009

Species priority site is:

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Aster subcoeruleus S. Moore

Common names:

aster de l'Himalaya (Source: Zander Ency) - French
Sichuan-Aster (Source: Zander Ency) - German
áster-azulado (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
midsommaraster (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Gansu (s.), Qinghai, Sichuan (w.), Xizang, Yunnan (n.w.)]

Cultivated

(also cult.)

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Chinese Academy of Sciences Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- (F China)
Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. (pers. comm.)
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 (Dict Gard)
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Check other web resources for Aster tongolensis Franch. :

Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104044. Accessed 4 julio 2024.