Asteraceae

E43048
plant family taxonomic family

Asteraceae is one of the largest families of flowering plants, commonly known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family, encompassing a wide variety of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees found worldwide.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Compositae 1
daisy family 1
sunflower family 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxonomic family ⓘ
alternativeName Asteraceae ⓘ
surface form: Compositae
belongsToClade Asterids ⓘ
surface form: asterids

eudicots ⓘ
class Magnoliopsida ⓘ
commonName aster family ⓘ
Asteraceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: daisy family

Asteraceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: sunflower family
distribution worldwide ⓘ
division Magnoliophyta ⓘ
economicImportance food crops ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ
oilseed crops ⓘ
ornamental plants ⓘ
weeds ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfGenera over 1600 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfSpecies over 23000 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic contains both ray and disc florets in many species ⓘ
cosmopolitan distribution ⓘ
flowers arranged in composite flower heads ⓘ
fruit typically an achene ⓘ
includes shrubs ⓘ
includes trees ⓘ
inflorescences in heads or capitula ⓘ
mostly herbaceous plants ⓘ
often has involucral bracts surrounding flower head ⓘ
often has pappus derived from calyx ⓘ
one of the largest families of flowering plants ⓘ
includesGenus Achillea ⓘ
Artemisia ⓘ
Aster ⓘ
Bellis ⓘ
Calendula ⓘ
Chrysanthemum ⓘ
Cichorium ⓘ
Cynara ⓘ
Echinacea ⓘ
Helianthus ⓘ
Lactuca ⓘ
Liatris ⓘ
Senecio ⓘ
Solidago ⓘ
Tagetes ⓘ
Taraxacum ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
notableSpecies Chrysanthemum ⓘ
surface form: Chrysanthemum morifolium

Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus ⓘ
Helianthus ⓘ
surface form: Helianthus annuus

Lactuca sativa ⓘ
Taraxacum ⓘ
surface form: Taraxacum officinale
order Asterales ⓘ
pollination insects ⓘ
wind ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typeGenus Aster ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asteraceae → alternativeName → Asteraceae ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compositae
Asteraceae → commonName → Asteraceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: daisy family
Asteraceae → commonName → Asteraceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: sunflower family
Black-eyed Susan → family → Asteraceae ⓘ
subject surface form: Rudbeckia hirta
Eudicots → includes → Asteraceae ⓘ
Asterids → includesFamily → Asteraceae ⓘ