The name Aster borealis is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Aster borealis (Torr. & A.Gray) Prov.

Botany

Taxonomy

Asteraceae 8
Aster 8

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Vascular plants (P) 8

Asterias borealis Perrier, 1875

Zoology

Bibliographic references

, - Révision de la collection de stellérides du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris, p. 1-384
 
, . - Révision des stellérides du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 4: 265-450
 
, . - The type specimens of extant asteroids (Echinodermata) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle of Paris. Zoosystema 44(11): 259-334
 

Name-bearing type

HOLOTYPE MNHN-IE-2013-10392