Asterids

Asterids
Impatiens balsamina from Ericales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
clade:	Angiosperms
clade:	Eudicots
clade:	Core eudicots
clade:	Asterids
Clades
Cornales Ericales Euasterids I Euasterids II

In the APG II system (2003) for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids refers to a clade (a monophyletic group).^[1]

Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to the Asteridae in the Cronquist system (1981) and to the Sympetalae in earlier systems.^{[citation needed]} The name asterids (plural, not necessarily capitalized) is presumably^{[by whom?]} inspired by the earlier botanical 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 most speciose groups of eudicots, the other being the rosids. It consists of:^[1]

• clade asterids :

  order Cornales

  order Ericales

  clade euasterids I

  family Boraginaceae

  family Icacinaceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Vahliaceae

  order Garryales

  order Solanales

  order Gentianales

  order Lamiales

  clade euasterids II

  family Bruniaceae

  family Columelliaceae (+ family Desfontainiaceae)

  family Eremosynaceae

  family Escalloniaceae (+ family Tribelaceae)

  family Paracryphiaceae (+ families Sphenostemonaceae and Quintiniaceae)

  family Polyosmaceae

  order Aquifoliales

  order Apiales

  order Dipsacales

  order Asterales

Note : “ + ....” = optional as a segregate of the preceding family.

External links

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• Asterids in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 7, May 2006.

References