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Asteraceae
Solidago

Solidago Linnaeus. Common name: Goldenrod.

Key to Solidago

A genus of 100-120 species, herbs, primarily North American, but with a few species in South America, Macaronesia, and Eurasia. The placement of the "flat-topped goldenrods" has been controversial; they are sometimes excluded from Solidago and treated as a related genus, Oligoneuron. Semple et al. (2023) and Semple & Beck (2023) clarified the phylogeny and infrageneric classification of Solidago, with a system employed here -- including Oligoneuron in Solidago.

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References: Beck et al. (2021); Braun (1942); Brock & Estes (2023) In Weakley et al. (2023); Brouillet & Semple (1981); Cook & Semple (2004); Cronquist (1980); Heard & Semple (1988); Johnson (1995); LeBlond (2000); Levy & Donaldson (2018); Martino, Semple, & Beck (2020); Morton (1973); Morton (1974); Nesom (1989b); Nesom (1993b); Nesom (2009f); Peirson (2022); Semple (2003); Semple (2013); Semple (2017a); Semple (2021); Semple (2022); Semple (2023a); Semple (2023c); Semple (2023d); Semple (2023e); Semple & Beck (2021); Semple & Beck (2023); Semple & Chmielewski (2021); Semple & Chmielewski (2022); Semple & Cook (2006) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006b); Semple & Nelson (2018); Semple & Peirson (2013); Semple et al. (2012); Semple et al. (2015); Semple et al. (2016a); Semple et al. (2016b); Semple et al. (2017a); Semple et al. (2017b); Semple et al. (2019a); Semple et al. (2019b); Semple et al. (2020a); Semple et al. (2020b); Semple et al. (2021); Semple et al. (2023); Semple, Bzovsky, & Tong (2016); Semple, Kornobis, & Bzovsky (2018); Semple, Tong, & Chong (2017a); Semple, Tong, & Chong (2017b); Semple, Tong, & Pastolero (2012); Sorrie (2018a) In Weakley et al. (2018a); Zhang (1996). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Keith Bradley | Solidago gigantea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Solidago bicolor CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago latissimifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Solidago plumosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Solidago caesia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Solidago mexicana | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Solidago ptarmicoides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago rigida | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Solidago auriculata CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Solidago plumosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago lancifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago arguta | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Solidago ohioensis | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago rupestris | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Solidago virgata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago squarrosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago rugosa var. aspera | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Solidago randii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Solidago auriculata CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Lowell Urbatsch | Solidago brachyphylla | Original Image ⭷

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