Amsonia
bluestars | |
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Amsonia tabernaemontana | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
Tribe: | Vinceae |
Genus: | Amsonia Walter[1] |
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Amsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean.[2][3]
Amsonia is named in honor of the American physician John Amson.[4] Members of the genus are commonly known as bluestars.[5]
- Amsonia ciliata Walter – Fringed Bluestar - SE US, S Great Plains
- Amsonia elliptica (Thunb. ex Murray) Roem. & Schult. – Japanese Bluestar - China, Japan, Korea
- Amsonia fugatei S.P.McLaughlin – San Antonio Bluestar - New Mexico
- Amsonia grandiflora Alexander – Arizona Bluestar - Arizona, Sonora, Durango
- Amsonia hubrichtii Woodson – Hubricht's Bluestar - Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Amsonia illustris Woodson – Ozark Bluestar - Mississippi Valley, also Nevada
- Amsonia jonesii Woodson – Jones' Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
- Amsonia kearneyana Woodson – Kearney's Bluestar - Baboquivari in Pima Co. in Arizona
- Amsonia longiflora Torr. – Tubular Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Coahuila
- Amsonia ludoviciana Vail – Louisiana Bluestar - Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia
- Amsonia orientalis Decne. – European Bluestar - Greece, Turkey
- Amsonia palmeri A.Gray – Palmer's Bluestar - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua
- Amsonia peeblesii Woodson – Peebles' Bluestar - Arizona
- Amsonia repens Shinners – Creeping Bluestar - E Texas, SW Louisiana
- Amsonia rigida Shuttlw. ex Small – Stiff Bluestar - from Georgia to Louisiana
- Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter – Eastern Bluestar - S + C + E United States
- Amsonia tharpii Woodson – Feltleaf Bluestar - W Texas, SE New Mexico
- Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. – Woolly Bluestar - SW US; Chihuahua
References
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- ↑ "Genus: Amsonia Walter". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- 1 2 3 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- 1 2 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 156 水甘草属 shui gan cao shu Amsonia Walter, Fl. Carol. 98. 1788.
- ↑ Pringle, James S., History and Eponymy of the Genus Name Amsonia (Apocynaceae), in SIDA 21(1):379-387. 2004
- ↑ "Amsonia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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