Oreostemma

Oreostemma
Oreostemma alpigenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae[1]
Genus:	Oreostemma Greene
Synonyms[1]
Oreastrum Greene 1896, illegitimate near-homonym, not Oriastrum Poepp. 1843 Aster subg. Oreostemma (Greene) Peck

Oreostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.^[2] Species are found in western North America, with two endemic to California.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Species^[1][9]

1. Oreostemma alpigenum (Tundra aster) — California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
2. Oreostemma elatum (Plumas alpine aster) — Sierra Nevada, California ^[10][11]
3. Oreostemma peirsonii (Peirson's aster) — endemic to California, in the southern Sierra Nevada.^[12]

References

1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
2. Nesom, Guy L. 1993. The genus Oreostemma (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74(4): 305–316
3. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
4. UniProt. "Tribe Astereae". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
5. National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia". New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
6. "Polyarrhena Cass.". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
7. Cronquist, A. 1948. A revision of the Oreastrum group of Aster. Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 73–82.
8. Nesom, G. L. 1993. The genus Oreostemma (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74: 305–316.
9. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
10. Calflora database: Oreostemma elatum
11. Jepson: Oreostemma elatum
12. Jepson: Oreostemma peirsonii

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