Misplaced Pages

Symphyotrichum lucayanum

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of flowering plant in family Asteraceae

Symphyotrichum lucayanum
Close-up crop of the inflorescence of a dried herbarium specimen of Symphyotrichum lucayanum which shows purple ray florets and green leaves, although both appear to have a brown tone because they are dry
Close-up of inflorescence
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
Genus: Symphyotrichum
Subgenus: Symphyotrichum subg. Virgulus
Species: S. lucayanum
Binomial name
Symphyotrichum lucayanum
(Britton) G.L.Nesom
Symphyotrichum lucayanum distribution map: Grand Bahama.
Endemic to Grand Bahama island
Synonyms
  • Aster lucayanus Britton
  • Virgulus lucayanus (Britton) Reveal & Keener

Symphyotrichum lucayanum (formerly Aster lucayanus) is a species of flowering plant of the aster family (Asteraceae) endemic to the North American island of Grand Bahama.

It has a common name of pineland aster, and it is a perennial, herbaceous plant that may reach 50 centimeters (20 inches) in height. S. lucayanum has purple ray florets.

The holotype for the basionym Aster lucayanus was collected 5 February 1905 at Eight Mile Rock which is roughly at coordinates 26°32′46″N 78°48′31″W / 26.5462°N 78.8087°W / 26.5462; -78.8087. The holotype is stored in the New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium, and a high-definition image of it can be found online.

Holotype of Aster lucayanus stored in the NYBG Steere Herbarium

Notes

  1. These coordinates are near the present-day Eight Mile Rock police station and high school and were obtained through Google Maps.

Citations

  1. Freid (2019).
  2. ^ POWO (2019).
  3. ^ Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve (n.d.).
  4. Britton (1906).
  5. ^ Ramirez et al. (2021).

References

Taxon identifiers
Symphyotrichum lucayanum
Aster lucayanus


Stub icon

This Astereae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: