smooth blue aster
(Symphyotrichum laeve)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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Taxonomy |
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| Kingdom | Plantae (green algae and land plants) | ||
| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae (green plants) | ||
| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta (land plants and green algae) | ||
| Superdivision | Embryophyta (land plants) | ||
| Division | Tracheophyta (vascular plants) | ||
| Subdivision | Spermatophytina (seed plants) | ||
| Class | Magnoliopsida (flowering plants) | ||
| Superorder | Asteranae | ||
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Asterales (sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies) | ||
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Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies) | ||
| Subfamily | Asteroideae | ||
| Supertribe | Asterodae | ||
| Tribe | Astereae (asters and allies) | ||
| Genus | Symphyotrichum (aster) | ||
| Subgenus | Symphyotrichum | ||
| Section | Symphyotrichum | ||
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This and other asters were formerly place in the genus Aster. That genus was problematic, in that it did not include just one common ancestor with all of its lineal descendants and no others – it was not monophyletic. In 1994, the genus Symphyotrichum was resurrected to include most North American asters formerly in the genus Aster. |
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Subordinate Taxa |
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Geyer’s aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. geyeri) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. concinnum) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. laeve) smooth blue aster (Symphyotrichum laeve var. purpuratum) |
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Synonyms |
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Aster laevis |
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Common Names |
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smooth aster smooth blue aster |
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