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Almut's Aster

Almutaster Löve & Löve (1982) includes a single x=9 species native to western North America. Almutaster pauciflorus is a densely glandular herbaceous perennial occupying usually brackish soils. Lane et al. (1996) and Xiang and Semple (1996) found it to belong  within the Symphyotrichum Clade based on cpDNA RFLP analysis. This was confirmed in Brouillet et al. (2001) using ITS sequence data.  Semple et al. (2002) accepted generic status for this species.  The genus name honors Almut Jones.

Last update 8 June 2005 by J.C. Semple    © 2005 J.C. Semple