Ampelaster

Ampelaster is a North American genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.

Ampelaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Astereae
Genus:
Ampelaster

G.L.Nesom
Species:
A. carolinianus
Binomial name
Ampelaster carolinianus
(Walter) G.L.Nesom
Synonyms[1][2][3]

There is a single known species, Ampelaster carolinianus, known as climbing aster.[4] It is native to the southeastern United States, in the States of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.[1][5][6][7]

Ampelaster carolinianus is unusual in the family in that it is a climber, using other plants to support its weight. Sometimes it uses adventitious roots to this end. Flower heads are 1-15 per branch, with both ray florets and disc florets, the flowers pale pink to rose-purple.[1]

References
  1. Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 460, Climbing aster, Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G. L. Nesom, Phytologia. 77: 250. 1995.
  2. The Plant List Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G.L.Nesom
  3. Tropicos, Ampelaster carolinianus (Walter) G.L. Nesom
  4. "Plants Profile for Ampelaster carolinianus", Plants Database, USDA
  5. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens
  7. Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.