Everything about Asterids totally explained
In the
APG II system (2003) for the classification of
flowering plants, the name
asterids refers to a
clade (a
monophyletic group).
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. The name
asterids (plural, not necessarily capitalized) is presumably 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 main groups of
eudicots, the other being the
rosids. It consists of:
Note : “ + ....” = optional as a seggregate of the preceding family.
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