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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Aster L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 872 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000003381.

Statistics

Synonyms of Aster

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Alkibias Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 119 (1838) wfo-4000001219
Asteromoea Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15: 901 (1826) wfo-4000003414
Bellidiaster Dumort. Fl. Belg. 66 (1827) wfo-4000004359
Brachyaster Ambrosi Fl. Tirolo Mer. 2: 379 (1857) wfo-4000005189
Diplactis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 45 (1837) wfo-4000011917
Lasallea Greene Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1(1): 5 (1903) wfo-4000020621
Wardaster J.Small Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edin. 29: 230. 1926 wfo-4000040527

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Aster:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link