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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:

• clade asterids :

  order Cornales

  order Ericales

  clade euasterids I

  family Boraginaceae

  family Icacinaceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Vahliaceae

  order Garryales

  order Solanales

  order Gentianales

  order Lamiales

  clade euasterids II

  family Bruniaceae

  family Columelliaceae (+ family Desfontainiaceae)

  family Eremosynaceae

  family Escalloniaceae (+ family Tribelaceae)

  family Paracryphiaceae (+ families Sphenostemonaceae and Quintiniaceae)

  family Polyosmaceae

  order Aquifoliales

  order Apiales

  order Dipsacales

  order Asterales

Note : “ + ....” = optional as a seggregate of the preceding family.

External links

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

From Wikispecies

Taraxacum officinale

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG II (down to family level)

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiospermae
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Euasterids II
Ordines: Apiales - Aquifoliales - Asterales - Dipsacales - Unassigned Euasterids II

Name

euasterids II

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Synonyms

asterid II {APWebsite], campanulids [APG], /Campanulidae [PhyloCode]

References

• Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003). An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399–436 pdf file
• NCBI link: campanulids (Following APG classification)

For more multimedia, look at euasterids II on Wikimedia Commons.