- Asterids
In the
APG II system (2003) for the classification offlowering plants , the name asterids refers to aclade (amonophyletic group).Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to the
Asteridae in theCronquist system (1981) and to theSympetalae in earlier systems. The name asterids (plural, not necessarily capitalized) is presumably inspired by the earlierbotanical name but in itself is intended to be the name of a clade rather than a formal ranked name, in the sense of the "ICBN ". This clade is one of the two main groups ofeudicots , the other being therosids . It consists of:* clade asterids :
*:: orderCornales
*:: orderEricales
*: clade euasterids I
*:::: familyBoraginaceae
*:::: familyIcacinaceae
*:::: familyOncothecaceae
*:::: familyVahliaceae
*::: orderGarryales
*::: orderSolanales
*::: orderGentianales
*::: orderLamiales
*: clade euasterids II
*:::: familyBruniaceae
*:::: familyColumelliaceae (+ familyDesfontainiaceae )
*:::: familyEremosynaceae
*:::: familyEscalloniaceae (+ familyTribelaceae )
*:::: familyParacryphiaceae (+ familiesSphenostemonaceae andQuintiniaceae )
*:::: familyPolyosmaceae
*::: orderAquifoliales
*::: orderApiales
*::: orderDipsacales
*::: orderAsterales Note : “ + ....” = optional as a seggregate of the preceding family.
External links
* [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/cornalesweb.htm#Asterids Asterids] in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb Angiosperm Phylogeny Website] . Version 7, May 2006.
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