Taxon: Aster amellus L.

Genus:

Aster

Family:

Asteraceae (alt.Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Astereae

Nomen number:

5618

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:873. 1753

Link to protologue:

Comment:

type of genus

Typification:

Name Verified on:

19-nov-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

See other conspecific taxa:

Synonyms:

(=) Aster amelloides Besser

Common names:

European Michaelmas daisy (Source: BSBI) - English
Italian aster (Source: Hortus 3) - English
Italian starwort (Source: Asters Gard Guide) - English
Berg-Aster (Source: Zander Ency) - German
Kalk-Aster (Source: Zander Ency) - German
brittsommaraster (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard & Asters Gard Guide)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Turkey (n.e.)
CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Chelyabinsk]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan

Europe

MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia
EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece (possibly), Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Cultivated

(also cult.)

Adventive

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway

Naturalized

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain

References:

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964 (F USSR)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
Picton, P. The gardener's guide to growing Asters. 1999 (Asters Gard Guide)
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)

Check other web resources for Aster amellus L. :

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
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=5618. Accessed 4 julio 2024.