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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.
The Asteraceae were first described in the year 1740 and given the original name Compositae. [6] The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family. Most species of Asteraceae are herbaceous plants, and may be annual, biennial, or perennial, but there are also shrubs, vines, and trees.
Twelve species of Asteraceae As of August 2024 [update] , Plants of the World Online listed 1,706 accepted genera in the family Asteraceae . Those genera are listed with their author citations .
Asteraceae or Compositae is a family of flowering plants (anthophytes) in the order Asterales. Asteraceae (commonly referred to as the aster , daisy , composite , [ 1 ] or sunflower family ), is a very large and widespread family, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] which includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera ( list ) in 13 subfamilies ...
Asterales (/ ˌ æ s t ə ˈ r eɪ l iː z / ASS-tər-RAY-leez) [2] is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae. [3]
[3] [4] [a] They tend to have petals that are fused with each other and with the bases of the stamens, and just one integument (covering) around the embryo sac. [3] The asterids as a whole (the euasterids plus two orders of basal asterids ) represent almost a third of all flowering plant species.
As with most members of the family Asteraceae, the actual flowers appear in two different forms: as ray florets, which have strap-like appendages that look like petals and project around the outside of the capitulum, and as disc florets, which appear at the center of the flower head and are very small. The ray florets number between 5 and 10 ...
As of August 2020 there are nine accepted species in Asteriscus: [4]; No. Binomial name Authority Distribution Images 1. Asteriscus aquaticus (L.) Less. [5]North Africa, Mediterranean Region, Middle East, Europe, Balearic Islands, Canary Island, Turkey