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The genus Aster is in the family Compositae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Aster

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Aster ageratoides Turcz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster aitchisonii Boiss.	Accepted		TICA
Aster alatipes Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Aster albanicus (Degen) Degen	Accepted		TICA
Aster albescens (DC.) Wall. ex Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster alpinoamellus Novopokr. ex Tzvelev	Accepted		TICA
Aster alpinus L.	Accepted		TICA
Aster altaicus Willd.	Accepted		TICA
Aster amellus L.	Accepted		TICA
Aster ananthocladus Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		TICA
Aster andringitrensis Humbert	Accepted		TICA
Aster apinnatifidus (Mat.) Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster arenarius (Kitam.) Nemoto	Accepted		TICA
Aster argyi H.Lév.	Accepted		TICA
Aster argyropholis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster armerioides (Nutt.) Kuntze	Accepted		TRO
Aster asa-grayi Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster asteroides (DC.) Kuntze	Accepted		TICA
Aster baccharoides (Benth.) Steetz	Accepted		TICA
Aster bachtiaricus Mozaff.	Accepted		TICA
Aster bahamensis Britton	Accepted		TICA
Aster bakerianus Burtt Davy ex C.A.Sm.	Accepted		TICA
Aster barbellatus Grierson	Accepted		TICA
Aster bellidiastrum (L.) Scop.	Accepted		TICA
Aster bergianus Harv.	Accepted		TICA
Aster bietii Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster bipinnatisectus Ludlow ex Griers.	Accepted		TICA
Aster bowiei Harv.	Accepted		TICA
Aster brachyphyllus C.C.Chang	Accepted		TICA
Aster brachytrichus Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster brevis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster capusi Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster caricifolius Kunth	Accepted		TICA
Aster chimanimaniensis W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster chingshuiensis Y.C.Liu & C.H.Ou	Accepted		TICA
Aster ciliosus Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster coahuilensis S.F.Blake	Accepted		TICA
Aster comptonii W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster confertifolius Hilliard & B.L.Burtt	Accepted		TICA
Aster decumbens (Schltr.) G.L.Nesom	Accepted		TICA
Aster diplostephioides (DC.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster ensifer Bosserdet	Accepted		TICA
Aster erucifolius (Thell.) W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster exilis Elliott	Accepted		TICA
Aster falcifolius Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster falconeri (C.B.Clarke) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster fanjingshanicus Y.L.Chen & D.J.Liu	Accepted		TICA
Aster farreri W.W.Sm. & Jeffrey	Accepted		TICA
Aster fastigiatus Fisch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster filipes J.Q.Fu	Accepted		TICA
Aster fischerianus DC.	Accepted		TICA
Aster flaccidus Bunge	Accepted		TICA
Aster formosanus Hayata	Accepted		TICA
Aster fulgidulus Grierson	Accepted		TICA
Aster fuscescens Bur. & Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster giraldii Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster glabrifolius (DC.) Reiche	Accepted		TICA
Aster glehnii F.Schmidt	Accepted		TICA
Aster gracilicaulis Y.Ling ex J.Q.Fu	Accepted		TICA
Aster grisebachii Britton	Accepted		TICA
Aster handelii Onno	Accepted		TICA
Aster harrowianus Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster harveyanus Kuntze	Accepted		TICA
Aster hayatae H.Lév. & Vaniot	Accepted		TICA
Aster heleius Urb.	Accepted		TICA
Aster helenae Merr.	Accepted		TICA
Aster heliopsis Griers.	Accepted		TICA
Aster henryi Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Aster hersileoides C.K.Schneid.	Accepted		TICA
Aster heterolepis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster himalaicus C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster hispidus Thunb.	Accepted		TICA
Aster hololachnus Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster hualiensis S.S.Ying	Accepted		TICA
Aster hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster hypoleucus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster iinumae Kitam. ex Hara	Accepted		TICA
Aster incisus Fisch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster indamellus Griers.	Accepted		TICA
Aster ionoglossus Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster itsunboshi Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster jeffreyanus Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster jishouensis W.P.Li & S.X.Liu	Accepted		TICA
Aster juchaihu Z.Y.Zhu & B.Q.Min	Accepted		TICA
Aster kansuensis Farrer	Accepted		TICA
Aster kantoensis Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster kayserianus Schur	Accepted		TICA
Aster komonoensis Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster koraginensis Kom.	Accepted		TICA
Aster koraiensis Nakai	Accepted		TICA
Aster kyobuntensis Nakai	Accepted		TICA
Aster laka C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster langaoensis J.Q.Fu	Accepted		TICA
Aster lasiocladus Hayata	Accepted		TICA
Aster latibracteatus Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster latisquamatus (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster lavandulifolius Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster leonis Britton	Accepted		TICA
Aster limonifolius (Less.) B.Fedtsch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster limosus Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Aster limprichtii Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster lindenii Sch.Bip.	Accepted		TICA
Aster lingulatus Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster linosyris (L.) Bernh.	Accepted		TICA
Aster lipskii Komarov	Accepted		TICA
Aster luzonensis Elmer	Accepted		TICA
Aster lydenburgensis W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster maackii Regel	Accepted		TICA
Aster magnus Y.N.Lee & C.Kim	Accepted		TICA
Aster mangshanensis Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster marchandii H.Lév.	Accepted		TICA
Aster megalanthus Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster methodorus (Benth.) Govaerts	Accepted		TICA
Aster milanjiensis S.Moore	Accepted		TICA
Aster miquelianus Hara	Accepted		TICA
Aster miyagii Koidz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster molliusculus (Lindl. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster morrisonensis Hayata	Accepted		TICA
Aster motuoensis Y.L.Chen	Accepted		TICA
Aster muliensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster mutabilis Vell.	Accepted		TICA
Aster nakaoi Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster neoelegans Grierson	Accepted		TICA
Aster nigrocinctus Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster nigromontanus Dunn	Accepted		TICA
Aster nitidus C.C.Chang	Accepted		TICA
Aster novi-belgii L.	Accepted		TICA
Aster novopokrovskyi Iljin	Accepted		TICA
Aster nubimontis W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster okanoganus Piper	Accepted		TICA
Aster oldhamii Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Aster oreophilus Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster outeniquae Fourc.	Accepted		TICA
Aster ovalifolius Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster ovatus (Franch. & Sav.) Mot.Ito & Soejima	Accepted		TICA
Aster panduratus Nees ex Walp.	Accepted		TICA
Aster peduncularis Wall ex Nees	Accepted		TICA
Aster peglerae Bolus	Accepted		TICA
Aster perfoliatus Oliv.	Accepted		TICA
Aster peteroanus Phil.	Accepted		TICA
Aster philippinensis S.Moore	Accepted		TICA
Aster pleiocephalus (Harv.) Hutch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster pluriflorus G.Don	Accepted		TICA
Aster pohlii Baker	Accepted		TICA
Aster polios C.K.Schneid.	Accepted		TICA
Aster poliothamnus Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster popovii Botsch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster prainii (J.R.Drumm.) Y.L.Chen	Accepted		TICA
Aster pseudobakeranus W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster pseudodumosus (Thell.) Bergmans	Accepted		TICA
Aster pseudoglehnii "Y.S.Lim, Hyun & H.Shin"	Accepted		TICA
Aster pujosii Quézel	Accepted		TICA
Aster pycnophyllus Franch. ex Diels	Accepted		TICA
Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC.	Accepted		TICA
Aster quitensis Willd. ex Spreng.	Accepted		TICA
Aster retusus Ludlow	Accepted		TICA
Aster rockianus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster rugulosus Maxim.	Accepted		TICA
Aster ruoqiangensis Y.Wei & C.H.An	Accepted		TICA
Aster salwinensis Onno	Accepted		TICA
Aster sampsonii (Hance) Hemsl.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sanczirii Kamelin & Gubanov	Accepted		TICA
Aster satsumensis Soejima	Accepted		TICA
Aster savatieri Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster scaber Thunb.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sedifolius L.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sekimotoi Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster semiamplexicaulis (Makino) Makino ex Koidz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster senecioides Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster setchuenensis Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster shennongjiaensis W.P.Li & Z.G.Zhang	Accepted		TICA
Aster sikkimmensis Hook.f. & Thomson	Accepted		TICA
Aster sikuensis W.W.Sm. & Farrer	Accepted		TICA
Aster silenifolius Turcz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sinianus Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sohayakiensis Koidz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster souliei Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster spathulifolius Maxim.	Accepted		TICA
Aster spinosus Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Aster stracheyi Hook.f.	Accepted		TICA
Aster striatus Champ. ex Benth.	Accepted		TICA
Aster subulatus (Michx.) Hort. ex Michx.	Accepted		TICA
Aster sugimotoi Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster taiwanensis Kitam.	Accepted		TICA
Aster takasagomontanus Sasaki	Accepted		TICA
Aster taliangshanensis Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster tansaniensis W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA
Aster taoyuenensis S.S.Ying	Accepted		TICA
Aster tataricus L.f.	Accepted		TICA
Aster techinensis Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster tenuipes Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster thomsonii C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster tientschwanensis Hand.-Mazz.	Accepted		TICA
Aster tongolensis Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster tricapitatus Vaniot	Accepted		TICA
Aster tricephalus C.B.Clarke	Accepted		TICA
Aster trichoneurus Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster trinervius Roxb. ex D.Don	Accepted		TICA
Aster tsarungensis (Grierson) Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster turbinatus S.Moore	Accepted		TICA
Aster uchiyamai Nakai	Accepted		TICA
Aster veitchianus	Accepted		TICA
Aster velutinosus Y.Ling	Accepted		TICA
Aster vestitus Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster viscidulus (Makino) Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster vvedenskyi Bondarenko	Accepted		TICA
Aster willkommii Sch.Bip.	Accepted		TICA
Aster woroschilowii Zdor. & Schapoval	Accepted		TICA
Aster yakushimensis (Kitam.) Soejima & Yahara	Accepted		TICA
Aster yomena Makino	Accepted		TICA
Aster yoshinaganus (Kitam.) Mot.Ito & Soejima	Accepted		TICA
Aster yunnanensis Franch.	Accepted		TICA
Aster zayuensis Y.L.Chen	Accepted		TICA
Aster zuluensis W.Lippert	Accepted		TICA

Statistics

The Plant List includes 2,338 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Aster. Of these 214 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 769 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Aster. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 2,338 species names for the genus Aster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	214	9.2%
◕	Synonym	1,569	67.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	555	23.7%

All names

The status of the 3,107 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Aster recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	247	7.9%
◕	Synonym	2,295	73.9%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	565	18.2%

Of these names,

• 8 are recorded as invalid
• 188 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 2,338 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Aster, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	195	1,349	0	0	1,544	66.0%
	Low confidence	19	220	0	555	794	34.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Aster, are as follows: