Taxonomy Profile: Asteraceae

Asteraceae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom:

Plantae

Taxonomic Rank:

Family

Synonym(s):

Compositae

Ambrosiaceae

Anthemidaceae

Aposeridaceae

Arctotidaceae

Artemisiaceae

Athanasiaceae

Calendulaceae

Carduaceae

Carlinaceae

Centaureaceae

Cichoriaceae

Cnicaceae

Cynaraceae

Echinopaceae

Eupatoriaceae

Gnaphaliaceae

Grindeliaceae

Heleniaceae

Helianthaceae

Helichrysaceae

Inulaceae

Ivaceae

Lactucaceae

Lampsanaceae

Madiaceae

Matricariaceae

Mutisiaceae

Nassauviaceae

Picridaceae

Santolinaceae

Senecionaceae

Serrulataceae

Tanacetaceae

Tussilagaceae

Vernoniaceae

Xanthiaceae

Xeranthemaceae

Common Name(s):

sunflowers []

tournesols []

Taxonomic Status:

Current Standing:

accepted

Data Quality Indicators:

Record Credibility Rating:

TWG standards met

Asteraceae: Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom : Plantae

plants |

Planta |

Vegetal |

plantes |

Subkingdom : Viridiplantae

green plants |

Infrakingdom : Streptophyta

land plants |

Superdivision : Embryophyta

Phylum : Tracheophyta

vascular plants |

tracheophytes |

Subphylum : Spermatophytina

spermatophytes |

seed plants |

phanérogames |

Class : Magnoliopsida

Superorder : Asteranae

Order : Asterales

Family : Asteraceae

sunflowers |

tournesols |

Asteraceae Direct Children(s):

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(Adans)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(Willd)

(Mill)

(Cass)

(DC)

(L)

(FH Wigg)

Tripleurospermum

(Sch Bip)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(Mill)

(DC)

(DC)

(L)

(A Gray A Gray)

(Schrank)

(P Br)

(Schauer)

(D Don)

(Cass)

(Hook)

(Spach)

(L)

(Raf)

(L)

(A DC Nutt)

(Torr & A Gray)

(DC)

(Torr & A Gray)

(Rydb)

(DC)

(L)

(L)

(Webb)

(L)

(Raf)

(Gaertn)

(King & H Rob)

(L)

(L)

(L)

(Gaertn)

(L)

(L)

(Lag)

(Harv & A Gray ex A Gray)

(Nutt)

(Nutt)

(A Gray)

(Benth Greene)

(L)

(DD Keck)

(DC)

(DC)

(Less)

(Hook)

(Greene)

(L'Hér)

(Torr & AGray)

(Elliot)

Brickelliastrum

(King & H Rob)

(A Gray)

(L)

(DC)

(A Gray)

(L)

(Moc ex DC)

(Cass)

(A Gray)

(L)

(Lour)

(DC)

(DC)

Chamaechaenactis

(Rydb)

(Mill)

(Vent)

(L)

(DC)

(A Gray)

(Rich)

(L)

(Nutt)

(Nutt)

(A Gray)

(L)

(DC)

(Less)

(Benth)

(L)

(DC)

(Cav)

(Pers)

(L)

(Hook)

(Pers DC)

(L)

(Cav)

(DC Des Moul)

(A Gray)

(Torr ex A Gray)

(A Gray)

(Moench)

(Greuter)

(L)

(Cav)

(Brandegee)

(A Gray)

(Moench)

(L)

(SF Blake & Sherff)

(Cass)

(L)

(Cass)

(Adans)

(A Gray A Nelson)

(A Gray ex Nutt)

(Raf)

(Nutt)

(Lag)

Eupatoriadelphus

(King & H Rob)

(Cass Cass)

(Nutt ex Cass)

(Cass)

(L)

(Juss)

(Sch Bip)

(Cass)

(DC)

(King & H Rob)

(Foug)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(Wedd)

(A Gray)

(Gaertn)

(Torr & A Gray)

(DC Eaton)

(Kunth)

(A Gray)

(Willd)

(Cerv ex Humb & Bonpl)

(Cass)

(Lag)

(Less)

(Cass)

(A Gray)

(Cass)

(A Gray ex S Watson)

(Raf)

(A Gray)

(Mill)

(Torr & A Gray)

(Nutt)

(Pers)

(DC)

(Cav)

(Cass)

(L)

(Greene)

(Greene)

(Torr & A Gray)

(Torr & A Gray ex A Gray)

(L'Hér)

(A Gray)

(Cass)

(L)

(L)

(R Br)

(Nutt)

(Schreb)

(Cav)

(Nutt)

(L)

(DC)

(Cass)

(Cass)

(Hook & Arn ex DC)

(L)

(A Gray A Gray)

(Cham)

(Mill)

(Gaertn ex Schreb)

(A Gray & Engelm)

(Cass)

(Benth)

(Nees)

(Molina)

(DC)

(S Watson)

(Cass)

(Schreb)

(L)

(L)

(Rohr)

(L)

(D Don)

(DC)

(Torr & A Gray)

(A Gray)

(A Gray Greene)

(Cass)

(L)

(Coville)

(Lag)

(A Gray)

(L)

(L)

(Thunb)

(Lagasca)

(A Gray)

(Benth)

(Greene)

(A Gray)

(SF Blake)

(Rydb ex Britton)

(L)

(Less)

(Rydb)

(Adans)

(Rydb)

(L)

(Cass)

(A Gray)

(Rydb)

(Rydb)

(Nutt)

(DC)

(Elliot)

(Gaertn)

(DC)

(Nutt)

(A Gray Benth)

(Greene)

(Raf)

(Juss)

(A Gray)

(Shuttlw ex Chapm)

(Griseb)

(L)

(Lam)

(A Gray)

(Roth)

(Jacq)

(Cass)

(L)

(L)

(RMKing & H Rob)

(S Tomb)

(L)

(L)

(Adans)

(Pers)

(Mack ex Small)

(L)

(Nutt)

(Jacq)

(Nutt)

(Cav)

(L'Hér)

(Nutt)

(Gaertn)

(Hieron & Kuntze)

Syntrichopappus

(A Gray)

(L)

(King & H Rob)

(DC)

(Greene)

(Less)

(Desf ex Juss)

(Adans)

(Hook)

(SF Blake)

(L)

(A Gray)

(A Gray)

(L)

(P Br)

(L)

(Scop)

(A Gray)

(DC)

(Less)

(L)

(Schreb)

(Kunth)

(Jacq)

(Nutt)

(DC)

(L)

(Willd)

(Nutt)

(Cass)

(Pers)

(La Llave)

(L)

(JR Forst & G Forst)

(Sherff)

(DC)

(DC)

(Gaudich)

(Mill)

(A Gray)

(Lauterb)

(DC)

(Llave & Lex)

(Hillebr ex Benth)

(Roth)

(Nees)

(A Gray)

(Spach)

(King & H Rob)

(P Br)

Eleutheranthera

(Poit ex Bosc)

(Lour)

(A Gray)

(DC)

(R Br)

(R Br)

(Cass)

(Lag)

(Rottb)

(DC)

(Arruda)

(Ruiz & Pav)

(Rich ex Pers)

(DC)

Ancistrocarphus

(A Gray)

(Pers)

(Pers Less)

(Hook & Arn)

(A Gray)

(Nutt)

(Mill)

(L)

(Ehrh)

(Nutt)

(Nutt Elliot)

(Greene)

(Cass)

(Less)

(L)

(Cass)

(Cass)

(A Gray ex S Watson)

(Moench)

(Raf)

(A Gray)

(A Gray Rydb)

(Hook f)

(Greene)

(Woot & Standl)

(Greene)

(Cass Cass)

(Cass)

(Cass)

(Tzvelev)

Leucanthemopsis

(Giroux Heywood)

(D Don)

(Cass)

(Nutt Greene)

(Nutt)

(L)

(Nutt)

(A Gray)

(King & H Rob)

Pseudelephantopus

(Rohr)

(Greenm Cabrera)

(Hook)

(L)

(Kunth)

(Nutt)

(L)

(Rose)

(Lag)

(A Nelson)

(L)

(R Br)

(GL Nesom)

(GL Nesom)

(BL Rob)

(A Gray A Gray)

(Greene)

(Strother)

(Ortega)

(Dorn)

(Walp)

(Á Löve & D Löve)

(GL Nesom)

(JC Wendl)

(GL Nesom)

(Nees)

(Nutt)

(Cass)

(Schott)

(Cass Cass)

(Greene)

(Small)

(Greene)

(Cass)

Pseudognaphalium

(Kirp)

(A Gray)

(Greene)

(KL Chambers)

(Nutt)

(Kunth H Rob & Brettell)

(Blume)

(Lem)

(Cass Cass)

(JF Gmel)

(Less)

(JK Pak & K Bremer)

(M Lagasca)

(Källersjö)

(Rydb)

(Á Löve & D Löve)

(WW Sm & Small)

(Webb)

(Nutt)

(RL Hartm & MA Lane)

(Llave ex Lex)

(O Hoffm)

(Nees)

(Rchb Rchb)

(Nees)

(DC ex Decn)

(Jeps WA Weber)

(Rydb)

(L)

(Nutt)

(Tzvelev Tzvelev)

(RLHartm DRMorgan & RLHartm)

(Kellogg)

(RM King & H Rob)

(BLTurner)

(Choisy)

(DC)

(L)

(BG Baldw)

(L)

(Cass)

(Greene)

(Rydb)

Chrysanthemoides

(Fabr)

(L)

(Cass)

(BG Baldw)

(JGay)

(Urbatsch RP Roberts & Neubig)

(PVHeath)

(Fresen)

(Greene)

(Nutt)

(Nutt)

(Cass)

(Sch Bip)

(Mutis ex Bonpl)

(Raf)

(Cass)

(Kitam)

(Cass)

(Cass)

(Cass)

(BG Baldw)

(Strother)

(Zinn)

(A Gray A Gray)

(Neck)

(Less)

(Tzvelev)

(Cass)

(Burm)

(BG Baldw)

(Mill)

(BG Baldw)

(Cass Cass)

(Rydb)

(Cass)

(Urbatsch RP Roberts & Neubig)

(RVogt & Oberpr)

(DC)

(Cass)

(PH Raven)

(Urbatsch & RP Roberts)

(RP Roberts Urbatsch & Neubig)

(Kitam Kitam)

(Moench)

(Nutt)

(Less)

(A Gray Cockerell)

(D Don)

(Rydb)

(Rydb)

(Vaill)

(Lindl)

(WA Weber)

(B Nord)

(Vaill ex Crantz)

(H Rob & Brettell)

(RP Roberts Urbatsch & Neubig)

(Brouillet Urbatsch & RP Roberts)

(Rydb)

(Cass)

(Tzvelev)

(Cass)

(C Jeffrey)

(Cuatrec C Jeffrey)

Asteraceae: References

Expert(s):

Source(s):

Source:

NODC Taxonomic Code

Acquired:

1996-07-29

Notes:

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Source:

The PLANTS Database

Acquired:

1996-07-26

Notes:

National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Source:

The PLANTS Database

Acquired:

2000-01-21

Notes:

National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Source:

Asteraceae of North America Update

Acquired:

2010-05-13

Notes:

Update coordinated by the International Compositae Alliance (TICA) (http://www.compositae.org/) through the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the USDA National Plant Data Center

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Source:

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014

Acquired:

2014-11-19

Notes:

Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Publication(s):

Author(s)/Editor(s):

McNeill, J., F. Barrie, H. Burdet, V. Demoulin, D. Hawksworth, K. Marhold, D. Nicolson, et al.

Publication Date (Listed/Actual):

2006-01-01 / 2006-01-01

Article/Chapter Title:

International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code)

Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:

Regnum Vegetabile, vol. 146

Page(s):

xviii + 568

Publisher:

Koeltz Scientific Books

Publication Place:

Königstein, Germany

ISBN/ISSN:

3-906166-48-1/0080-0694

Notes:

Also available on the web at http://ibot.sav.sk/icbn/main.htm

Reference for:

Asteraceae

Asteraceae: Geographic Information

Geographic Division:

Jurisdiction/Origin:

Asteraceae: Comments

Comment:

Use of Compositae as an 'alternative' family name for Asteraceae is authorized by the ICBN, Articles 18.5-18.6 (McNeill et al., 2006:18-19), although ITIS opts to use Asteraceae instead