Stokesia laevis

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

Stokesia laevis (Hill) Greene, Erythea 1: 3 (1893).

• Basionym
  • Carthamus laevis Hill, Hort. Kew.: 57, plate 5 (1768).
• Homotypic
  • Stokesia cyanea L'Hér., Sert. Angl.: 28 (1789), nom. illeg. (t. 38 was cited though never published).
  • Carthamus cyaneus (L'Hér.) Banks ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 300 (1840).
• Homotypic
  • Cartesia centauroides Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1816: 198 (1816).
  • Stokesia laevis var. alba Hort.

• Greene, E.L. 1893. Observations on the Compositae – I. Erythea 1: 1–4. BHL Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Stokesia laevis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Jun 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Stokesia laevis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Stokesia laevis. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Stokesia laevis. Accessed: 21 Jun 2023.
• 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.

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