Kalimeris
| Kalimeris | |
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| Kalimeris incisa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Asterinae |
| Genus: | Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass., 1825 |
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Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris asters) is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]
It was first described in 1825 by the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832).[2]
This genus occurs mainly in eastern Asia (China, Korea and Japan),[3] but is also naturalised on Hawaii.
They can grow to a height of 1-1.5 m. The foliage is herbaceous. The blue-green leaves vary per species and are smooth textured. They can be long and narrow, round with large teeth or lobed. The flower heads are solitary or in leafy flat-topped inflorescences. The disc florets are yellow, the ray florets are white, pink or purple.
The chromosome base number is x = 9. The genus's closest relatives are found in the Asian members of Aster and Heteropappus.[3]
- Species[1]
- Kalimeris altaica
- Kalimeris associata
- Kalimeris ciliosa
- Kalimeris coronata
- Kalimeris hispida
- Kalimeris incisa
- Kalimeris indica : Indian aster
- Kalimeris integrifolia
- Kalimeris lancifolia
- Kalimeris lautureana
- Kalimeris longipetiolata
- Kalimeris mongolica : Genghis Khan aster
- Kalimeris procera - China
- Kalimeris shimadae
- Kalimeris smithianus
- Kalimeris tatarica
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Kalimeris incisa - habit -
K. mongolica - habit
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
- ^ a b Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 37: 464, 491 in French
- ^ a b c Hong-ya Gu and Peter C. Hoch (1997). "Systematics of Kalimeris (Asteraceae: Astereae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 84 (4): 762–814. doi:10.2307/2992027. JSTOR 2992027.
- ^ Tropicos, Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass.