Asteriscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

Asteriscus
Asteriscus sericeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Asteriscus
Tourn. ex Mill.
Synonyms[1]
  • Dontospermum Sch.Bip.
  • Bubonium Hill
  • Odontospermum Neck. ex Sch.Bip.
  • Nauplius (Cass.) Cass.

Species

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As of August 2020 there are nine accepted species in Asteriscus:[4]
No. Binomial name Authority Distribution Images
1. Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less.[5] North Africa, Mediterranean Region, Middle East, Europe, Balearic Islands, Canary Island, Turkey
 
Asteriscus aquaticus
2. Asteriscus daltonii Walp.[6] Cape Verde (Santiago)
 
Asteriscus daltonii subspecies volgelii
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3. Asteriscus graveolens (Forssk.) Less.[5] North Africa, Middle East
 
Asteriscus graveolens
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4. Asteriscus imbricatus DC.[9] Morocco
5. Asteriscus intermedius (DC.) Pit. & Proust[10] Canary Islands
 
Asteriscus intermedius
6. Asteriscus pinifolius Maire & Wilczek[11] Morocco
7. Asteriscus schultzii (Bolle) Pit. & Proust[10] Canary Island, Morocco and Western Sahara
 
Asteriscus schultzii
8. Asteriscus sericeus (L.f.) DC.[12] Canary Islands and introduced in Morocco
 
Asteriscus sericus
9. Asteriscus smithii Walp.[6] Cape Verde (São Nicolau)
Species formerly included[1]

Several species have been transferred to Pallenis or Rhanterium, most notably:

Distribution

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The genus is native to Europe, North Africa, Macaronesia, and the Middle East.[1][13]

References

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Bibliography

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  1. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta (in Latin). Vol. 5. Parisii: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz.
  2. K Ueda (2020). "iNaturalist Research-grade Observations". iNaturalist.org. doi:10.15468/ab3s5x. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  3. Lessing, Christian Friedrich (1832). Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis. Berolini: sumtibus Dunckeri et Humblotii.
  4. Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest; Wilczek (1935). Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. Vol. 26.
  5. Pitard, Charles-Joseph Marie; Proust, Louis (1909). Iles Canaries.
  6. POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online". Published on the Internet. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  7. Walpers, Wilhelm Gerhard (1852). Annales botanices systematicae. Vol. 5 (2 ed.). Lipsiae: Sumtibus F. Hofmeiste.