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Aster (Michaelmas daisies)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Aster corymbosus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster grandiflorus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster laevis L. (Glaucous Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Hybrid	Aster lanceolatus x novi-belgii (A. x salignus) Willd. (Common Michaelmas-daisy)		20	9
Species	Aster linosyris (L.) Bernh. (Goldilocks Aster)				1	1
Species	Aster novae-angliae L. (Hairy Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster novi-belgii L. (Confused Michaelmas-daisy)					2
Species	Aster pilosus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster prealtus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster ptarmicoides (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster simplex (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster tanacetifolius (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster tardiflorus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster tradescantii (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1
Species	Aster tripolium L. (Sea-aster)	2	29	2		26
Species	Aster turbinellus (a garden Michaelmas-daisy)					1

Suggested Literature

Aster may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Aster:

	leaf (live)	live leaf may be infected and damaged by	Phialophora asteris - an anamorphic fungus		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes a wilt of cultivated Michaelmas Daisy. Leaves become yellow with brown necrotic areas making them appear mottled; finally they wilt and become shrivelled]
	leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [firmly glued to leaf by mass of black frass]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Calycomyza humeralis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [small whitish blotch mine]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza eupatorii - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine commencing with conspicuous spiral]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza pusilla - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [irregular linear mine]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Liriomyza strigata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine follows midrib with short offshoots along lateral veins]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Nemorimyza posticata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Ophiomyia maura - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Trypeta zoe - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988 [garden sp.]
	leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Vidalia spinifrons - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)		White, I.M., 1988 [garden sp.]
	leaf	leaf may house puparium	Ophiomyia maura - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972

Aster may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References