Asterids

E55750
angiosperm clade clade of flowering plants

Asterids are a major clade of flowering plants that includes many familiar species such as sunflowers, coffee, tomatoes, and mint, characterized by fused petals and other shared floral traits.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
asterids 2

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf angiosperm clade ⓘ
clade of flowering plants ⓘ
characterizedBy fused petals (sympetaly) ⓘ
iridoid compounds in many lineages ⓘ
sympetalous corollas in most species ⓘ
tenuinucellate ovules in many taxa ⓘ
unitegmic ovules in many taxa ⓘ
class Magnoliopsida ⓘ
containsClade Campanulids ⓘ
Lamiids ⓘ
containsOrder Apiales ⓘ
Aquifoliales ⓘ
Asterales ⓘ
Cornales ⓘ
Dipsacales ⓘ
Ericales ⓘ
Garryales ⓘ
Gentianales ⓘ
Icacinales ⓘ
Lamiales ⓘ
Metteniusales ⓘ
Solanales ⓘ
Vahliales ⓘ
divergenceAge Cretaceous period (approximate) ⓘ
division Magnoliophyta ⓘ
economicImportance major source of beverage crops ⓘ
major source of food crops ⓘ
major source of medicinal plants ⓘ
major source of ornamental plants ⓘ
includesCrop carrot ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
pepper ⓘ
potato ⓘ
sunflower ⓘ
tomato ⓘ
includesFamily Apiaceae ⓘ
Apocynaceae ⓘ
Araliaceae ⓘ
Asteraceae ⓘ
Boraginales ⓘ
surface form: Boraginaceae

Campanulaceae ⓘ
Caprifoliaceae ⓘ
Convolvulaceae ⓘ
Cornaceae ⓘ
Ericaceae ⓘ
Gentianaceae ⓘ
Lamiaceae ⓘ
Oleaceae ⓘ
Plantaginaceae ⓘ
Rubiaceae ⓘ
Solanaceae ⓘ
includesHerb basil ⓘ
mint ⓘ
oregano ⓘ
sage ⓘ
includesSpecies Capsicum annuum ⓘ
Arabica ⓘ
surface form: Coffea arabica

Daucus carota ⓘ
Digitalis purpurea ⓘ
Helianthus annuus ⓘ
Lavandula angustifolia ⓘ
Mentha spicata ⓘ
Nicotiana tabacum ⓘ
Basil ⓘ
surface form: Ocimum basilicum

Solanum lycopersicum ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
monophyletic true ⓘ
numberOfSpecies over 80,000 described species ⓘ
parentClade Eudicots ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 photosynthesis (predominant) ⓘ
phylogeneticSystem APG IV system ⓘ
proportionOfAngiosperms about one third of all flowering plant species ⓘ
recognizedBy Angiosperm Phylogeny Group ⓘ
subclass Asteridae ⓘ
taxonomicRank clade ⓘ
unrankedClade core eudicots ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Asteraceae → belongsToClade → Asterids ⓘ
this entity surface form: asterids
Genlisea → belongsToClade → Asterids ⓘ
this entity surface form: asterids
Camellia → clade → Asterids ⓘ
Caryophyllales → clade → Asterids ⓘ
rhododendron → clade → Asterids ⓘ
subject surface form: Rhododendron
Solanum lycopersicum → clade → Asterids ⓘ