Symphyotrichinae is a subtribe of plants in the family Asteraceae containing six genera primarily of North American origin. In addition to Symphyotrichum, the largest and the type genus, the genera are Almutaster, Ampelaster, Canadanthus, Psilactis, and Sanrobertia.

Symphyotrichinae
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Symphyotrichinae
G.L.Nesom
Type genus
Symphyotrichum
Genera[1][2]

Classification

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The following is a cladogram of the genera of subtribe Symphyotrichinae.

    

Canadanthus[ref 1]: 818 

    

Ampelaster[ref 1]: 818 

    

Sanrobertia[ref 2]: 1 

Almutaster[ref 1]: 818 

Psilactis[ref 1]: 818 

     

Symphyotrichum[ref 1]: 818 

(other subtribes)

 

Cladogram references
  1. ^ a b c d e Morgan, D.R.; Holland, B. (2012). "Systematics of Symphyotrichinae (Asteraceae: Astereae): Disagreements Between Two Nuclear Regions Suggest a Complex Evolutionary History". Systematic Botany. 37 (3). American Society of Plant Taxonomists: 818–832. doi:10.1600/036364412X648760. JSTOR 41515169. S2CID 84007309.
  2. ^ Nesom, G.L. (2018). "Aster gypsophilus (Asteraceae) Segregated as the Monotypic Genus Sanrobertia" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2018 (25). Fort Worth, Texas: 1–8. ISSN 2153-733X. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

Citations

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  1. ^ Brouillet et al. 2009, p. 610.
  2. ^ Nesom 2018a, p. 1.

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