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Liatris

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Liatris
Liatris spicata
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Liatris
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Synonyms[1]
Liatris ligulistyliswithgoldenrod soldier beetles(Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus) on it

Liatris(/laɪˈætrɪs/[2]), commonly known asgayfeather[3]andblazing star[4][5]is a genus offlowering plantsin the tribeEupatorieaewithin the familyAsteraceaenative toNorth America(Canada, United States, Mexico andthe Bahamas).[6][7][4]Some species are used asornamental plants,sometimes inflower bouquets.They are perennials, surviving the winter and resprouting undergroundcorms.[4]

Liatrisspecies are used as food plants by thelarvaeof someLepidopteraspecies including the flower mothsSchinia gloriosaandSchinia sanguinea,both of which feed exclusively on the genus, andSchinia tertiaandSchinia trifascia.

Classification

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Liatrisis in the tribeEupatorieaeof the aster family. Like other members of this tribe, the flower heads havedisc floretsand noray florets.Liatrisis in the subtribe Liatrinae along withTrilisa,Carphephorus,and other genera.[8][9]Liatrisis closely related toGarberia,a genus with only one speciesendemictoFlorida.The two genera can be distinguished by theshrubform of the latter and bykaryotype.[10]

Species

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Species in the genus include:[1][4][5][11][12][13]

References

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  1. ^abFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae ChecklistArchived2014-12-17 atarchive.today
  2. ^Sunset Western Garden Book.1995. 606–07.
  3. ^"ITIS - Report: Liatris".
  4. ^abcdNesom, Guy L. (2006)."Liatris".In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.).Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA).Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org,Missouri Botanical Garden,St. Louis, MO &Harvard University Herbaria,Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ab"Liatris".Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  6. ^Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel von. 1791. Genera Plantarum 2: 542
  7. ^"Liatris".Tropicos.Missouri Botanical Garden.
  8. ^Schmidt, G. J. and E. E. Schilling (2000)."Phylogeny and biogeography ofEupatorium(Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data ".American Journal of Botany.87(5). Botanical Society of America: 716–726.doi:10.2307/2656858.JSTOR2656858.PMID10811796.
  9. ^"Asteraceae subtribe Liatrinae".Germplasm Resources Information Network(GRIN).Agricultural Research Service(ARS),United States Department of Agriculture(USDA).
  10. ^Lamont, Eric E. (2006)."Garberia".In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.).Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA).Vol. 21. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org,Missouri Botanical Garden,St. Louis, MO &Harvard University Herbaria,Cambridge, MA.
  11. ^GRIN Species Records ofLiatris.GRIN.
  12. ^"Liatris".County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA).Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  13. ^Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
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