Biology:Boltonia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Boltonia
Boltonia latisquama.jpg
Boltonia asteroides var. latisquama
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Astereae
Subtribe: Boltoniinae
Genus: Boltonia
L'Hér.
Type species
Boltonia glastifolia
(syn of B. asteroides)
(Hill) L'Hér.[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Actartife Raf.
  • Cacotanis Raf.

Boltonia is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae native primarily to North America with one species in eastern Asia.[2][4]

Species[3][5]
  • Boltonia apalachicolensis - Apalachicola doll's daisy - Florida Panhandle
  • Boltonia asteroides - white doll's daisy - USA (primarily Great Plains + Mississippi Valley, w scattered locations in eastern + northwestern US); Saskatchewan, Manitoba
  • Boltonia caroliniana - Carolina doll's daisy - North + South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia
  • Boltonia decurrens - claspingleaf doll's daisy, decurrent false aster - Illinois, Missouri, Iowa
  • Boltonia diffusa - smallhead doll's daisy - United States (Southeast + Lower Mississippi Valley)
  • Boltonia lautureana - Japan, Korea, China, Russia (Primorye, Khabarovsk, Amur Oblast, Irkutsk, Zabaykalsky Krai)
  • Boltonia montana - Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4940265 entry