Sericocarpus

White-topped aster
Sericocarpus rigidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae[1]
Genus: Sericocarpus
Nees 1832 not Greene
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Aster sect. Sericocarpus (Nees) Semple
  • Aster subgen. Sericocarpus (Nees) A.G. Jones
  • Aster sect. Serratifolii Loudon
  • Oligactis Raf.

Sericocarpus is a genus of North American plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family.[3][4] Whitetop aster is a common name for the genus.[5]

Species[1][6]
  1. Sericocarpus asteroides - USA (MS AL GA FL SC NC TN KY WV VA MD DE NJ PA OH MI NY CT MA RI VT NH ME)
  2. Sericocarpus conyzoides USA (NY)[7]
  3. Sericocarpus linifolius - USA (LA MS AL GA SC NC TN KY WV VA MD DE NJ PA OH IN MI NY CT MA RI NH)
  4. Sericocarpus oregonensis USA (CA OR WA)
  5. Sericocarpus rigidus - Canada (BC), USA (WA OR)
  6. Sericocarpus tortifolius - USA (LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
formerly included[1]

see Eucephalus

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Sericocarpus Nees
  3. ↑ Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1832. Genera et Species Asterearum 10, 148–152
  4. ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 101 White-topped aster, Sericocarpus Nees
  5. ↑ "Sericocarpus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life
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