Aster (flower)
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| Many, see text. Image:Aster-alpinus. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families See text The Asterales are an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants which include the composite family Asteraceae (sunflowers and daisies) and its related families. ... Genera many, see list The aster or sunflower family (Family Asteraceae or, alternatively Family Compositae) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... |
The genus Aster includes some 600 species of widely distributed flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Aster comes from Greek word for "star", and refers to the shape of the flower head. Many of the species are popular garden plants because of their showy flower heads. The flowers of the Sea Aster (A. tripolium) are eaten by the larvae of the Wormwood Pug moth. The larva of the Hummingbird hawk moth sometimes eats the foliage of asters. Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Genera many, see list The aster or sunflower family (Family Asteraceae or, alternatively Family Compositae) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. ... An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Binomial name Eupithecia absinthiata Clerck, 1759 The Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. ... A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. ... A larva (Latin; plural larvae) is a juvenile form of animal with indirect development, undergoing metamorphosis (for example, insects or amphibians). ... Binomial name Macroglossum stellatarum Linnaeus, 1758 The hummingbird hawk moth, Macroglossum stellatarum, is a species of hawk moth with a long proboscis, and is capable of hovering in place. ...
The genus Aster is now generally restricted to the Old World species, with Aster amellus being the type species of the genus (and of the family Asteraceae). The other species have now been reclassified in the genera Almutaster, Canadanthus, Doellingeria, Eucephalus, Eurybia, Ionactis, Oligoneuron, Oreostemma, Sericocarpus and Symphyotrichum (see : List of Aster synonyms). In scientific classification, a type is a specimen or description that corresponds to a taxon (a group of organisms), and helps to identify which organisms may be referred to with that name. ...
In Greek mythology, Eurybia was married to the titan Crius and gave birth to three known offspring Astraios, Perses, and Pallas. ...
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Some common species are:
- Aster alpinus
- Aster amellus (European Michaelmas Daisy or Italian Aster)
- Aster cordifolius (Blue Wood Aster)
- Aster divaricatus (White Wood Aster)
- Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
- Aster laevis
- Aster lateriflorus
- Aster novae-angliae (New England Aster)
- Aster novi-belgii (New York Aster)
- Aster pilosus (Frost Aster)
- Aster pringlei
- Aster sibericus
- Aster tataricus
- Aster tongolensis
- Aster tripolium (Sea Aster)
The China aster is in a related genus, Callistephus. Binomial name Symphyotrichum novae-angliae New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Synonym: Aster novae-angliae) is found throughout north-eastern, central and north-western North America. ... Species see text Callistephus (Cass. ...
 New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii) Image:AsterNovi-belgii-flower-1mb. ... |  Aster tongolensis Image:Aster tongolensis0. ... |  Heath aster Download high resolution version (1024x768, 235 KB)Heath Aster (Aster ericoides) Heath aster grows in dry, open prairie habitats. ... |  right|Asters come in many different colors and varieties Photo by meezer. From www. ... |
