Aster

genus of plants
Taxon taxon Q517130
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Summary

Aster is a taxon[1]. Aster ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,161 views/month, #942 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: perennial of the year[3]
  • Taxon rank: genus[4]
  • Named after: star shape[5]
  • Parent taxon: Astereae[6]
  • Taxon name: Aster[7]
  • Commons category: Aster[8]
  • Taxonomic type: Aster amellus[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aster (genus)[10]
  • Commons gallery: Aster[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 74[14], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16], The New Student's Reference Work[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=1069[18]
  • Taxon common name: aster[19], 紫菀属[20], nebina[21]
  • Different from: Aster[22]
  • Has list: Anexo:Especies de Aster[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]

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Identifiers

Aster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 54903[25]. Aster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 41479[26]. Aster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 21217463[27]. Aster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3093921[28]. Aster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 35510[29].

Why It Matters

Aster has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Aster is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did Aster receive?

Honors received include perennial of the year[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved . biodiversitylibrary.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . staude-des-jahres.de. Retrieved . staude-des-jahres.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Genera Plantarum. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [26] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [28] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 74. wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4036
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C4036, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 8w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → astras
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: astras"
  3. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 11952225-n
    Interlingual index id → i99923
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  4. 15w ago · 高晶 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Astereae
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Parent taxon: Asterinae"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1835675
    Award received → perennial of the year
    Award received → —
    Instance of → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294951905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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