Stokesia laevis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Vernonieae
Subtribus: Stokesiinae
Genus: Stokesia
Species: Stokesia laevis
Name

Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene, 1893.
Synonyms

Basionym

Carthamus laevis Hill, Hort. Kew., 57, plate 5, 1768.

Homotypic

Stokesia cyanea L'Hér., Sert. Angl. 28. 1788, nom illeg. (t. 38 was cited though never published).

Heterotypic

Cartesia centauroides Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 198. 1816.
Carthamus cyaneus Banks ex Steud.
Stokesia laevis var. alba Hort.

References

Greene, E.L. 1893. Observations on the Compositae. Erythea. 1: 3.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stokesia laevis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Kornblumenaster
English: Stokes' Aster
日本語: ストケシア

Stokesia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, containing the single species Stokesia laevis. Common names include Stokes' aster and stokesia.[2][3] The species is native to the southeastern United States.

The flowers appear in the summer and are purple, blue, or white in nature.[1] The plant is cultivated as a garden flower. Several cultivars are available, including the cornflower blue 'Klaus Jelitto', 'Colorwheel', which is white, turning purple over time, and 'Blue Danube', which has a blue flower head with a white center.[4] More unusual cultivars include the pink-flowered 'Rosea' and yellow-flowered 'Mary Gregory'.[5]

Like a few other plants (such as some species of Vernonia), it contains vernolic acid, a vegetable oil with commercial applications.[6]

The genus is named after Jonathan Stokes (1755–1831), English botanist and physician.[1]
References

Stokesia L’Héritier. Flora of North America.
"Stokesia laevis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 19 January 2018.
Stokesia laevis. NatureServe. 2012.
Stokesia laevis. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Stokesia laevis. Floridata.
Cahoon, E. B., et al. (2002). Transgenic production of epoxy fatty acids by expression of a cytochrome p450 enzyme from Euphorbia lagascae seed. Plant Physiology 128(2), 615-24.