Kalimeris
| Kalimeris | |
|---|---|
| Kalimeris incisa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Subtribe: | Asterinae |
| Genus: | Kalimeris (Cass.) Cass., 1825 |
| Synonyms | |
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Kalimeris (or the Kalimeris asters) is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.
It was first described in 1825 by the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832).
This genus occurs mainly in eastern Asia (China, Korea and Japan), but is also naturalised on Hawaii.
They can grow to a height of 1-1.5 m. The foliage is herbaceous. The blue-green leaves vary per species and are smooth textured. They can be long and narrow, round with large teeth or lobed. The flower heads are solitary or in leafy flat-topped inflorescences. The disc florets are yellow, the ray florets are white, pink or purple.
The chromosome base number is x = 9. The genus's closest relatives are found in the Asian members of Aster and Heteropappus.
- Species
- Kalimeris altaica
- Kalimeris associata
- Kalimeris ciliosa
- Kalimeris coronata
- Kalimeris hispida
- Kalimeris incisa
- Kalimeris indica : Indian aster
- Kalimeris integrifolia
- Kalimeris lancifolia
- Kalimeris lautureana
- Kalimeris longipetiolata
- Kalimeris mongolica : Genghis Khan aster
- Kalimeris procera - China
- Kalimeris shimadae
- Kalimeris smithianus
- Kalimeris tatarica
- Kalimeris incisa - habit
- K. mongolica - habit
