In terms of numbers of species, the asteraceae are rivaled only by the orchidaceae. Asteraceae, also called compositae, the aster, daisy, or composite family of the floweringplant order asterales. Forestry images is a joint project of the university of georgia warnell school of forestry and natural resources and college of agricultural and environmental sciences, center for invasive species and. Keil and alfonso susanna abaxial lip portion of the corolla limb of a bilabiate or pseudobilabiate corolla that is oriented away from the center of the. This page is a collection of images that are attached to a branch of the tree of life.
Genera are rather illdefined, which can make the writing of efficient keys difficult you should be able. In addition to the rare adventitious embryony, there are common types of autonomous apomixis, agamospermy apospory, diplospory associated with various forms of embryogenesis parthenogenesis, apogamety. About the classification report about the classification download. A poster of twelve different species of flowers of the family asteraceae, belonging to the three most representative subfamilies. Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants, with more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species. With more than 32,000 species, the asteraceae is arguably the largest of plant families although closely rivalled by the orchidaceae. For a more detailed explanation of the different tol page types, have a look at the structure of the tree of life page. Asteraceae stock photos download 36,003 royalty free photos. Native plant database lady bird johnson wildflower center. Asteraceae or compositae is an exceedingly large and widespread family of flowering plants with more than 23,600 currently accepted species, spread across 1,620 genera and subfamilies. This page was last edited on 20 december 2019, at 08. Flowers of asteraceae the flower that you see is actually a head composed of many small florets. Asteraceae is the name preferred by most botanists. Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies family asteraceae.
In most other asteraceae, a more reduced pattern with fi ve ovary wall bundles. Asteraceae and relationships within asterales 159 pattern is also found in calyceraceae gustafsson 1995. It is important to plant daisies in full sun or where they will receive sun for at least half the day to ensure that the flowers will open to their full glory. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family asteraceae. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Lady bird johnson wildflower center focused on protecting and preserving north americas native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed. Asteraceae or compositae, is a very large and widespread family of flowering plants. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants. Asteraceae compositae the asteraceae are herbs, shrubs, or less commonly trees and are arguably the largest family of flowering plants, comprising about 1,100 genera and 20,000 species that are. Ayapan is the common ayurvedic name of eupatorium triplinerve. This is a list of genera in the plant family asteraceae, the daisies and sunflowers.
With more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed throughout the world, asteraceae is one of the largest plant families. Growing asteraceae grow it is important to plant daisies in full sun or where they will receive sun for at least half the day to ensure that the flowers will open to their full glory. Asteraceae or compositae commonly referred tae as the aster, gowan, or sunflouer faimily, is a ower lairge an widespread faimily o angiospermae. Which of the two families actually is the larger is unclear, because of the uncertainty about how many extant species each family includes.
Find the perfect family asteraceae compositae stock photo. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The family asteraceae the daisy family is probably the largest plant family in the world. Alexander schmidtlebuhn the daisy family asteraceae or compositae is the largest of all plant families with an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 species worldwide. Dec 5, 20 the plant family asteraceae is huge and includes well known daisies such as asters and mums. Asteraceae compositae gallery wildflowers of the daisy family. Asteraceae 1016 species page from the flora of chile asteraceae sp.
The family is distributed worldwide except for antarctica but is especially diverse in the tropical and subtropical regions of north america, the andes, eastern brazil, southern africa, the mediterranean region, central asia, and southwestern china. Asexual reproduction is a widespread phenomenon in the asteraceae, with a wide range of mechanisms. Key page vascular plants of california key to families table of families and genera. Members of the asteraceae are more commonly in flower in late summer and fall in temperate areas. Asteraceae 29 taxa, poaceae 24 taxa, and fabaceae 19 taxa were the richest taxa. Asteraceae plants of the aster or sunflower family previously known as the composite family. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens, along with seeds and plants. The only other plant family with a comparable number of species is orchidaceae, the orchid family, in the order asparagales. Dry blooming asteraceae flowers in the wild the artichoke is a plant of the asteraceae. Asteraceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The family asteraceae or compositae known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family is the largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species. It is cosmopolitan in distribution and is economically important as many members are used for food, medicinal purposes, grazing for stock, or ornamentals, while some are troublesome weeds or poisonous to animals. Toward a phylogenetic subfamilial classification for the compositae asteraceae. The head capitulum is an inflorescence and a number of capitula are often aggregated together to form a secondary inflorescence or synflorescence.
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