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Aster is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. As of August 2024 Plants of the World Online accepts 186 species. [1] For species formerly placed in genus Aster, see List of Aster synonyms.
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.
[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.
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.
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]
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 ...
Tripolium pannonicum, called sea aster [2] or seashore aster [3] and often known by the synonyms Aster tripolium or Aster pannonicus, is a flowering plant, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, [4] [1] that is confined in its distribution to salt marshes, estuaries and occasionally to inland salt works.
Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family. [2] It consists of several tribes, including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae. Asteroideae contains plants found all over the world, many of which are shrubby.