Name:		Liatris Gaertner ex Schreber [basionym]
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Compositae Giseke [Family] Asterales [Order] Magnoliopsida [Class] Magnoliophyta [Division / Phylum] Plantae [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Liatris graminifolia Pursh Liatris graminifolia Willd. Liatris ligulistylis (A. Nelson) Rydb. Liatris ligulistylis A. Nelson Liatris odoratissima Willd. Liatris punctata Hook. Liatris scariosa Willd.
Links:		Electronic Plant Information Centre [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] International Plant Names Index New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Herbarium] USDA Plants Database [Natural Resources Conservation Service]