The cytoskeleton is an elaborate and highly organized internal scaffolding of proteins, such as actinbased microfilaments and tubulinbased microtubules. Asteraceae or compositae, the sunflower family, is the largest family of flowering plants, encompassing some fifteen hundred genera and nearly twentyfive thousand species. Contents introduction habitat habit vegetative characters floral characters division of family medicinal importance. The only other plant family with a comparable number of species is orchidaceae, the orchid family, in the order asparagales. Allergens and plants search enter a full or partial species name to find more information on one of over 1200 potentially allergenic plants. 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. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. 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. Classification for kingdom plantae down to order asterales. They are either treated or even declared to be synonyms in all the texts using both of the terms that i have ever read.
Stems are branched with one flowerhead at each tip. Asteraceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. They are distinguished by having flower heads capitula which are made of hundreds or thousands of tiny individual flowers. As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have. 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. 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. The genome of artemisia annua provides insight into the. Only the orchid family orchidaceae is larger, with. Pages in category asteraceae stubs the following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 525 total. 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.
They have a strong aversion to being interfered with. 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. Pronunciation of asteraceae with 2 audio pronunciations, 5 synonyms, 2 meanings, 7 translations and more for 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. Asteraceae, the aster, daisy, or composite family of the floweringplant order asterales. Pdf the relevance of asteraceae family plants in most of. Asteraceae have a strong drive for individuality, independence and living their own lives. Most of these are parts of two interrelated systems.
The cytoskeleton is an elaborate and highly organized internal scaffolding of proteins, such as actinbased microfilaments and. They want to do things on their own, going their own way. Some plants of this family are used as food sonic of these are lettuce fsi. Family asteraceae plant families australian national. Taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. Sunflowers, coneflowers, goldenrods, and many other wildflowers belong to this family. With more than 32,000 species, the asteraceae is arguably the largest of plant families although closely rivalled by the orchidaceae. 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. Asteraceae plants with heads composed of many florets. The basic themes of the asteraceae can be found in those of the lanthanides and carbon. For example, you can find chenopods searching on cheno no quotes as latin name. 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.
Underneath the flowerhead are distinctive light to darkbrown bracts with papery, fringed margins. 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. Most species are herbs, but some are shrubs and a few are trees. 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. 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. Background and aims the plant family asteraceae compositae exhibits remarkable morphological variation in the styles of its members. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
It is the largest family of dicotyledons, comprising 950 genera and 20,000 species, out of which 697 species occur in india. Seven healthy medicinal plants from family asteraceae were selected for the isolation of endophytic fungi using standard surface sterilization techniques. 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. Comparison among asteraceae, apiaceae and rubiaceae. About the classification report about the classification download. Learn about the comparison among asteraceae, apiaceae and rubiaceae. 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. This study was conducted to isolate lasparaginaseproducing endophytic fungi from medicinal plants of family asteraceae.
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. This list may not reflect recent changes learn more. Lasparaginase is an important anticancer enzyme that is used in the first line treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The report will display the kingdom and all descendants leading down to the name you choose. 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. A phylogenetic approach lists 23,000 for asteraceae, 19,500 for orchidaceae and 18,000 for fabaceae. Isolation and identification of lasparaginaseproducing. This category is for stub articles relating to asteraceae.
Members of asteraceae occur in nearly every terrestrial habitat, though most are herbs in temperate and subtropical regions. Members of this family have been used traditionally as astringent, antipyretic. Interhomeopathy an introduction to the asteraceae family. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the asteraceae family. Family asteraceae aster family enter a scientific or common name at any rank. The family is divided into three subfamilies and a. I use the grin online query system to determine plant families. The family is divided into three subfamilies and a number of tribes. The asteraceae family of plants is a widely distributed medicinal plant throughout the world and has been used since ancient time.
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. Identification of asteraceae family presented by guided by humaira bano dr. In this way the family name asteraceae is made up by using the name aster and adding aceae. Find the perfect family asteraceae compositae stock photo. Modes of reproduction in the chinese asteraceae are known only fragmentarily. Asteraceae synonyms, asteraceae pronunciation, asteraceae translation, english dictionary definition of asteraceae. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family asteraceae. Asteraceae definition of asteraceae by the free dictionary.
As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have been studied using cytoembryology to identify the reproduction system. 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. Achika1, david ebuka arthur1, igelige gerald1, adebiyi adedayo2. Please propose new stub templates and categories here before creation. Asteraceae 2 taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes. Molecular studies of the flowering plant family compositae asteraceae based on comparative dna sequence data. White fluffy female and yellowish male on separate shrubs, small.
In terms of numbers of species, the asteraceae are rivaled only by the orchidaceae. Fertile hybrid of black and brown knapweeds centaurea nigra x centaurea jacea. This is a list of genera in the plant family asteraceae, the daisies and sunflowers. Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants, with more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species. They are world wide in distribution and abundant in tropics and in cold arctic or alpines regions. 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. Asteraceae compositae gallery wildflowers of the daisy family. Luckily, the distinctive structure of the flower heads makes identifying members of this family somewhat easy. 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. Asteraceae plants of the aster or sunflower family previously known as the composite family. Asteraceae family is the largest family of angiosperms. Asteraceae is among the largest families of plants with more than 23,000 species that occupy all the continents except antarctica jeffrey, 2007. Family asteraceae definition of family asteraceae by the. The fruit is an achene a dry fruit with a single seed and thin walls that does not open at maturity.
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