Kalimeris

Kalimeris
	Kalimeris incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Astereae
Subtribe:	Asterinae
Genus:	Kalimeris; (Cass.) Cass., 1825
Synonyms
	Aster subg. Kalimeris Cass.; Aster sect. Asteromoea (Blume) Makino; Boltonia sect. Asteromoea (Blume) Benth.; Asteromoea Blume; Aster sect. Kalimeris (Cass.) Nees ex O.Hoffm.; Calimeris Nees, alternate spelling;

Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris asters) is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.²³⁴

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

Species¹

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

Kalimeris incisa - habit
K. mongolica - habit

References

"Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Retrieved 2014-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 37: 464, 491 in French
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.

[w-1] "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Retrieved 2014-12-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[v-2] Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1825. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition] 37: 464, 491 in French

[gu-3] 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.

[4] Tropicos, Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass.

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