Aster
Also known as Frost flowers, asters
genus of plants
AI overview
Aster is a large group of flowering plants known for their daisy-like blooms with colorful petals radiating from a yellow center. These plants are important in gardens and natural ecosystems, commonly used as ornamental flowers and serving as food sources for pollinators like bees and butterflies.
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Species
Aster
Genus
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyCompositae
Habitatbrackish
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia
紫菀属（学名：Aster）是菊科下的一个属，同时也是菊科的模式属，其模式种为雅美紫菀（Aster amellus）。这个属曾经包括欧亚大陆及北美洲的近600种植物，但是在经过了20世纪90年代中对于该属的形态学以及分子生物学研究后，人们认为其中一些来自北美洲的种应该被分入其他的一系列近缘属里。 在这次拆分后，这个属留下了大概180个种，其中除一种外，其余均原产于欧亚大陆。
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Research
4,387 papers- Aster-dependent non-vesicular transport facilitates dietary cholesterol uptake.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Ferrari A, Whang E, Xiao X et al.DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.07.548168
Article
Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae. Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family Asteraceae.
The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning 'star', referring to the shape of the flower head. Many species, varieties, and hybrids, sometimes known as Michaelmas daisies for their late blooming, are popular as garden plants because of their attractive and colourful flowers. 'Aster' species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species.