Asteraceae definition of asteraceae by the free dictionary. Family asteraceae definition of family asteraceae by the. Most species are herbs, but some are shrubs and a few are trees. Asteraceae 2 taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes. Stems are branched with one flowerhead at each tip. Pronunciation of asteraceae with 2 audio pronunciations, 5 synonyms, 2 meanings, 7 translations and more for asteraceae. Sunflowers, coneflowers, goldenrods, and many other wildflowers belong to this family. Only the orchid family orchidaceae is larger, with.
For family names, the modern tendency in taxonomy is to use the name of a familiar plant in a certain family and to add the suffix aceae to the name. White fluffy female and yellowish male on separate shrubs, small. Asteraceae or compositae commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, is a very large and widespread family of flowering plants angiospermae the family includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera in subfamilies. The basic themes of the asteraceae can be found in those of the lanthanides and carbon. Allergens and plants search enter a full or partial species name to find more information on one of over 1200 potentially allergenic plants. Seven healthy medicinal plants from family asteraceae were selected for the isolation of endophytic fungi using standard surface sterilization techniques. Asteraceae have a strong drive for individuality, independence and living their own lives. Most of these are parts of two interrelated systems. Asteraceae compositae gallery wildflowers of the daisy family.
Asteraceae is among the largest families of plants with more than 23,000 species that occupy all the continents except antarctica jeffrey, 2007. This category is maintained by wikiproject stub sorting. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. The genome of artemisia annua provides insight into the.
This is a list of genera in the plant family asteraceae, the daisies and sunflowers. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family asteraceae. Corbetta, flora della pianura padana e dellappennino settentrionale, uses the notation compositae asteraceae it is worth to note that compositae, composite ones in latin, refers to the their typical. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. It is the largest family of dicotyledons, comprising 950 genera and 20,000 species, out of which 697 species occur in india. Asteraceae plants with heads composed of many florets. 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. With more than 32,000 species, the asteraceae is arguably the largest of plant families although closely rivalled by the orchidaceae. Molecular studies of the flowering plant family compositae asteraceae based on comparative dna sequence data. Classification for kingdom plantae down to order asterales. 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 characterized by having the flowers reduced and organized into an involucrate pseudanthium in the form of a head or capitulum. Contents introduction habitat habit vegetative characters floral characters division of family medicinal importance.
The family is divided into three subfamilies and a number of tribes. The family is divided into three subfamilies and a. Members of this family have been used traditionally as astringent, antipyretic. Members of asteraceae occur in nearly every terrestrial habitat, though most are herbs in temperate and subtropical regions. Asteraceae or compositae, the sunflower family, is the largest family of flowering plants, encompassing some fifteen hundred genera and nearly twentyfive thousand species. Download fulltext pdf the relevance of asteraceae family plants in most of the neuropsychiatric disorders treatment article pdf available in international journal of phytomedicine 81. Asteraceae sunflower family as is true throughout the bay area and california, the asteraceae or sunflower family has more species than any other family of flowering plants. The sunflower family is rivaled in size only by the orchid family orchidaceae with approximately 20,000 species and the legume family fabaceae with about 18,000 species.
Asteraceae plants of the aster or sunflower family previously known as the composite family. Asteraceae family is the largest family of angiosperms. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. About the classification report about the classification download. The asteraceae, a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants, is the second largest family in the division magnoliophyta, with some 1,100 genera and over 20,000 recognized species, with around 350 genera and 2687 species in the u. Lasparaginase is an important anticancer enzyme that is used in the first line treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The asteraceae compositae, alternate name with its approximately 1,620 genera and more than 23,600 species is the largest family of flowering plants stevens, 2001. This study was conducted to isolate lasparaginaseproducing endophytic fungi from medicinal plants of family asteraceae. Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants, with more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The asteraceae family of plants is a widely distributed medicinal plant throughout the world and has been used since ancient time. They are either treated or even declared to be synonyms in all the texts using both of the terms that i have ever read.
Please propose new stub templates and categories here before creation. 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. Background and aims the plant family asteraceae compositae exhibits remarkable morphological variation in the styles of its members. Taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes.
Asteraceae compositae sunflower or aster family herbs, shrubs, trees and vines mostly herbs in temperate zones leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, no stipules flowers bi or unisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, referred to as florets two basic types of florets ligulate ray and tubular disc. Isolation and identification of lasparaginaseproducing. As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have been studied using cytoembryology to identify the reproduction system. They have a strong aversion to being interfered with. Although the 67 singlecopy genes already provided phylogenetic signals that allowed for phylogeny construction of the 16 green plant species, accurate dating of the divergence times between asteraceae and other families still requires. Identification of asteraceae family presented by guided by humaira bano dr. The cytoskeleton is an elaborate and highly organized internal scaffolding of proteins, such as actinbased microfilaments and. This category is for stub articles relating to asteraceae. It is the largest plant family, or the second largest after orchids, depending on the criteria used, with over 20,000 species occupying almost all of the worlds habitats except underwater. The fruit is an achene a dry fruit with a single seed and thin walls that does not open at maturity. Lack of studies on the styles of the sister families to asteraceae, goodeniaceae and calyceraceae, obscures our understanding of the origin and evolution of this reproductive feature in these groups. Compositae the uniqueness of the aster or sunflower family is that what first seems to be a single large flower is actually a composite of many smaller flowers. The report will display the kingdom and all descendants leading down to the name you choose.
Find the perfect family asteraceae compositae stock photo. It is worth to note that compositae, composite ones in latin, refers to the their typical capitulum inflorescence, while asteraceae comes from aster, a genus belonging to the family, meaning star in latin, which represents an allusion to the shape of the inflorescence of aster, and of many other species, which is supposed to look like a. Learn about the comparison among asteraceae, apiaceae and rubiaceae. Asteraceae or compositae commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, is a very large and widespread family of flowering plants angiospermae. They are distinguished by having flower heads capitula which are made of hundreds or thousands of tiny individual flowers. Interhomeopathy an introduction to the asteraceae family. The cytoskeleton is an elaborate and highly organized internal scaffolding of proteins, such as actinbased microfilaments and tubulinbased microtubules. I use the grin online query system to determine plant families. In terms of numbers of species, the asteraceae are rivaled only by the orchidaceae. Luckily, the distinctive structure of the flower heads makes identifying members of this family somewhat easy.
Asteraceae, the aster, daisy, or composite family of the floweringplant order asterales. Asteraceae synonyms, asteraceae pronunciation, asteraceae translation, english dictionary definition of asteraceae. Pages in category asteraceae stubs the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 525 total. 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. In this way the family name asteraceae is made up by using the name aster and adding aceae. The most distinctive feature of asteraceae is their inflorescence structure, the highly compressed inflorescence branch system called the capitulum or flower head, in which all the flowers are attached to a receptacle that is surrounded by involucral. Pdf the relevance of asteraceae family plants in most of. Family asteraceae aster family enter a scientific or common name at any rank.
Modes of reproduction in the chinese asteraceae are known only fragmentarily. For example, you can find chenopods searching on cheno no quotes as latin name. Fertile hybrid of black and brown knapweeds centaurea nigra x centaurea jacea. Family asteraceae plant families australian national. A phylogenetic approach lists 23,000 for asteraceae, 19,500 for orchidaceae and 18,000 for fabaceae. They want to do things on their own, going their own way. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the asteraceae family. Coyote bush brush asteraceae sunflower family flowers. They are world wide in distribution and abundant in tropics and in cold arctic or alpines regions. Asteraceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The only other plant family with a comparable number of species is orchidaceae, the orchid family, in the order asparagales. Comparison among asteraceae, apiaceae and rubiaceae. As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have. Some plants of this family are used as food sonic of these are lettuce fsi. Underneath the flowerhead are distinctive light to darkbrown bracts with papery, fringed margins.
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