Oreostemma Explained

Oreostemma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^[1] Species are found in western North America, with two endemic to California.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species^[7]

• Oreostemma alpigenum (Tundra aster) — California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
• Oreostemma elatum (Plumas alpine aster) — Sierra Nevada, California ^{[8] [9]}
• Oreostemma peirsonii (Peirson's aster) — endemic to California, in the southern Sierra Nevada.^[10]

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Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13065378#page/35/mode/1up Nesom, Guy L. 1993. The genus Oreostemma (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74(4): 305–316
2. Web site: Details for: Astereae . 2009-07-18 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem . Botanical Garden in Berlin . Euro+Med PlantBase . .
3. Web site: Genus Kippistia . 2009-07-18 . National Herbarium of New South Wales . New South Wales FloraOnline . Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
4. Web site: Polyarrhena Cass. . 2009-07-18 . African Plants Database . South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica .
5. Cronquist, A. 1948. A revision of the Oreastrum group of Aster. Leaflets of Western Botany 5: 73–82.
6. Nesom, G. L. 1993. The genus Oreostemma (Asteraceae: Astereae). Phytologia 74: 305–316.
7. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Oreostemma Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
8. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Oreostemma+elatum Calflora database: Oreostemma elatum
9. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=80207 Jepson: Oreostemma elatum
10. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=80346 Jepson: Oreostemma peirsonii