Biology:Amsonia
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Subfamily: | Rauvolfioideae |
| Tribe: | Amsonieae M.E.Endress |
| 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] It was 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
- ↑ "Genus: Amsonia Walter". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?577. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=8432. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 156 水甘草属 shui gan cao shu Amsonia Walter, Fl. Carol. 98. 1788.
- ↑ Pringle, James S. (2004). "History and Eponymy of the Genus Name Amsonia (Apocynaceae)" (in English). Sida, Contributions to Botany 21 (1): 379–387. https://archive.org/details/biostor-159970. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ↑ "Amsonia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=30130. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
Wikidata ☰ Q478077 entry
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