Amsonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Rauvolfioideae
Tribus: Amsonieae
Genus: Amsonia
Species: A. ciliata – A. elliptica – A. fugatei – A. grandiflora – A. hubrichtii – A. illustris – A. jonesii – A. kearneyana – A. longiflora – A. ludoviciana – A. orientalis – A. palmeri – A. peeblesii – A. repens – A. rigida – A. tabernaemontana – A. tharpii – A. tomentosa
Name

Amsonia Walter, Fl. Carol. 11, 98. (1788)

Type species: Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter, Fl. Carol.: 98 (1788)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ansonia Raf., New Fl. 4: 58 (1838) non Ansonia Stoliczka, (1870)

References

Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum . . . 11, 98.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Amsonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 18. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Amsonia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 18 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Amsonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 18.

Vernacular names
English: Bluestars
suomi: Tuikit
svenska: Amsoniasläktet

Amsonia is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1788. It is native primarily to North America with one species in East Asia and another in the eastern Mediterranean.[2][3] It was named in honor of the American physician John Amson.[4] Members of the genus are commonly known as bluestars.[5]

Species[2][6][3]

Amsonia ciliata Walter – fringed bluestar – SE US, S Great Plains
Amsonia elliptica (Thunb. ex Murray) Roem. & Schult. – Japanese bluestar – China, Japan, Korea
Amsonia fugatei S.P.McLaughlin – San Antonio bluestar – New Mexico
Amsonia grandiflora Alexander – Arizona bluestar – Arizona, Sonora, Durango
Amsonia hubrichtii Woodson – Hubricht's bluestar – Arkansas, Oklahoma
Amsonia illustris Woodson – Ozark bluestar – Mississippi Valley, also Nevada
Amsonia jonesii Woodson – Jones' bluestar – Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado
Amsonia kearneyana Woodson – Kearney's bluestar – Baboquivari in Pima Co. in Arizona
Amsonia longiflora Torr. – tubular bluestar – Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Coahuila
Amsonia ludoviciana Vail – Louisiana bluestar – Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia
Amsonia orientalis Decne. – European bluestar – Greece, Turkey
Amsonia palmeri A.Gray – Palmer's bluestar – Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua
Amsonia peeblesii Woodson – Peebles' bluestar – Arizona
Amsonia repens Shinners – creeping bluestar – E Texas, SW Louisiana
Amsonia rigida Shuttlw. ex Small – stiff bluestar – from Georgia to Louisiana
Amsonia tabernaemontana Walter – eastern bluestar – S + C + E United States
Amsonia tharpii Woodson – feltleaf bluestar – W Texas, SE New Mexico
Amsonia tomentosa Torr. & Frém. – woolly bluestar – SW US; Chihuahua

References

"Genus: Amsonia Walter". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-03-14. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
"World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 21, 2014.
Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 156 水甘草属 shui gan cao shu Amsonia Walter, Fl. Carol. 98. 1788.
Pringle, James S., History and Eponymy of the Genus Name Amsonia (Apocynaceae), in SIDA 21(1):379-387. 2004
"Amsonia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps