Asteridae
subclass of plants
Asteridae is a Linnaean term with the rank of subclass. By definition it always includes the family Asteraceae (Compositae). However, in the modern APG III system of classification,[1] asterid and euasterid are names for clades. Their member families are similar to those of the Asteridae.
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| Campanula portenschlagiana | |
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One of the better-known systems that recognized subclass Asteridae was the Cronquist system, which included the orders:
- Gentianales
- Solanales
- Lamiales
- Callitrichales
- Plantaginales
- Scrophulariales
- Campanulales
- Rubiales
- Dipsacales
- Calycerales
- Asterales
Most of the above orders as defined by Cronquist have been dramatically redefined on the basis of recent molecular systematic studies.
