Asterids

In the APG II seestem (2003) for the classification o flouerin plants, the name asterids denotes a clade (a monophyletic group).

Asterids
Impatiens balsamina frae Ericales
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Superasterids
Clade:	Asterids
Clades
Cornales Ericales Euasterids I Euasterids II

Maist o the taxa belangin tae this clade had been referred tae the Asteridae in the Cronquist seestem (1981) an tae the Sympetalae in earlier seestems. The name asterids (nae necessarily caipitalised) resembles the earlier botanical name but is intendit tae be the name o a clade rather than a formal ranked name, in the sense o the ICBN. This clade is ane o the twa maist speciose groups o eudicots, the ither bein the rosids. It consists o:

• clade asterids :

  order Cornales

  order Ericales

  clade euasterids I

  faimily Boraginaceae

  faimily Icacinaceae

  faimily Oncothecaceae

  faimily Vahliaceae

  order Garryales

  order Solanales

  order Gentianales

  order Lamiales

  clade euasterids II

  faimily Bruniaceae

  faimily Columelliaceae (+ faimily Desfontainiaceae)

  faimily Eremosynaceae

  faimily Escalloniaceae (+ faimily Tribelaceae)

  faimily Paracryphiaceae (+ families Sphenostemonaceae and Quintiniaceae)

  faimily Polyosmaceae

  order Aquifoliales

  order Apiales

  order Dipsacales

  order Asterales

Note : “ + ....” = optional as a segregate o the precedin faimily.

Freemit airtins

• Asterids in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Wabsteid. Version 7, Mey 2006.