Asteriscus (plant) explained

Asteriscus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

As of August 2020 there are nine accepted species in Asteriscus:

No.	Binomial name	Authority	Distribution	Images
width=10% align=center	1.	Asteriscus aquaticus	(L.) Less.
width=10% align=center	2.	Asteriscus daltonii	Walp.	Cape Verde (Santiago)
width=10% align=center	3.	Asteriscus graveolens	(Forssk.) Less.	North Africa, Middle East
width=10% align=center	4.	Asteriscus imbricatus	DC.	Morocco
width=10% align=center	5.	Asteriscus intermedius	(DC.) Pit. & Proust	Canary Islands
width=10% align=center	6.	Asteriscus pinifolius	Maire & Wilczek	Morocco
width=10% align=center	7.	Asteriscus schultzii	(Bolle) Pit. & Proust	Canary Island, Morocco and Western Sahara
width=10% align=center	8.	Asteriscus sericeus	(L.f.) DC.	Canary Islands and introduced in Morocco
width=10% align=center	9.	Asteriscus smithii	Walp.	Cape Verde (São Nicolau)

Species formerly includedSeveral species have been transferred to Pallenis or Rhanterium, most notably:

• Asteriscus maritimus (L.) Less., synonym of Pallenis maritima (L.) Greuter

Distribution

The genus is native to Europe, North Africa, Macaronesia, and the Middle East.^[3]

Bibliography

1. Book: Candolle. Augustin Pyramus de. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive, Enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarium, juxta methodi naturalis, normas digesta. Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz. Parisii. latin. 1836. 5.
2. Web site: iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. K Ueda. 2020. iNaturalist.org. 10.15468/ab3s5x. August 3, 2020.
3. Book: Lessing. Christian Friedrich. Christian Friedrich Lessing. Synopsis generum compositarum earumque dispositionis novae tentamen, monographis multarum Capensium interjectis. sumtibus Dunckeri et Humblotii. Berolini. 1832.
4. Book: Maire. René Charles Joseph Ernest. René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire. Wilczek. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord. 1935. 26.
5. Book: Pitard. Charles-Joseph Marie. Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard. Proust. Louis. Louis Proust. Iles Canaries. 1909.
6. Web site: Plants of the World Online. https://web.archive.org/web/20170322171139/http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/. dead. March 22, 2017. POWO. 2019. Published on the Internet. August 3, 2020.
7. Book: Walpers. Wilhelm Gerhard. Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers. Annales botanices systematicae. Sumtibus F. Hofmeiste. Lipsiae. 1852. 5. 2.

Notes and References

1. Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary, Abridged, fourth edition
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40021337 Tropicos, Asteriscus Tourn. ex Mill.
3. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Asteriscus Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Asteriscus