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Asteraceae (/ ˌ æ s t ə ˈ r eɪ s i. iː,-ˌ aɪ /) is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae , and which is the larger family is unclear as the quantity of extant species in each ...
An Oligocene (34 – 23 Mya) pollen is known for Asteraceae and Goodeniaceae, and seeds from Oligocene and Miocene (23 – 5.3 Mya) are known for Menyanthaceae and Campanulaceae respectively. [5] According to molecular clock calculations, the lineage that led to Asterales split from other plants about 112 million years ago [ 6 ] or 94 million ...
Astereae is a tribe of plants in the family Asteraceae that includes annuals, biennials, perennials, subshrubs, shrubs, and trees. They are found primarily in temperate regions of the world. [ 2 ] Plants within the tribe are present nearly worldwide divided into over 250 genera and more than 3,100 species, making it the second-largest tribe in ...
Asteridae is an obsolete botanical name at the rank of subclass.Composition of the subclass has also varied; however, by definition it always includes the family Asteraceae (Compositae).
Classification (compositae book, chapter 11 At: The International Compositae Alliance; Cichorioideae At: Tree of Life; Phylogenetic Analysis of the Cichorioideae (Asteraceae), with Emphasis on the Mutisieae; UniProt. "Subfamily Cichorioideae" At: Uniprot Taxonomy At: Uniprot; The dictionary definition of Cichorioideae at Wiktionary
Gerbera (/ ˈ dʒ ɜːr b ər ə / JUR-bər-ə or / ˈ ɡ ɜːr b ər ə / GUR-bər-ə) L. is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (Compositae) family. The first scientific description of a Gerbera was made by J. D. Hooker in Curtis's Botanical Magazine in 1889 when he described Gerbera jamesonii, a South African species also known as Transvaal daisy or Barberton daisy.
Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family Asteraceae. [1] The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning 'star', referring to the shape of the flower head. Many species and a variety of hybrids and varieties are popular as garden plants because of their attractive and colourful flowers.
Felicia is a genus of small shrubs, perennial or annual herbaceous plants, with 85 known species, that is assigned to the daisy family (Compositae or Asteraceae).Like in almost all Asteraceae, the individual flowers are 5-merous, small, and clustered in typical heads, which are surrounded by an involucre of between two and four whorls of bracts.