Asteraceae or compositae is a very large and widespread family of flowering plants. Flora of australia, volume 37asteraceae 1 department of the. The asteraceae, a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants, is the second largest family in the division magnoliophyta, with some 1,100 genera and over 20,000 recognized species, with around 350 genera and 2687 species in the u. In this language arts worksheet, your child gets practice looking up words in a dictionary, writing words in alphabetical order, and drawing. Asteraceae compositae the asteraceae are herbs, shrubs, or less commonly trees and are arguably the largest family of flowering plants, comprising about 1,100 genera and 20,000 species that are characterized by having the flowers reduced and organized into an involucrate pseudanthium in the form of a head or capitulum. The family asteraceae or compositae known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family is the largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species. Apr 20, 2018 in asteraceae family the inflorescence is capitylum. Family elementary lower intermediate intermediate exercises home. With more than 32,000 species, the asteraceae is arguably the largest of plant families although closely rivalled by the orchidaceae. With more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed throughout the world, asteraceae is one of the largest plant families. Asteraceae species as potential environmental factors of allergy. The asteraceae may represent as much as 10% of autochthonous flora in many regions of the world.
They are distinguished by having flower heads capitula which are made of hundreds or thousands of tiny individual flowers. Asteraceae compositae sunflower or aster family herbs, shrubs, trees and vines mostly herbs in temperate zones leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, no stipules flowers bi or unisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, referred to as florets. The plants of wvdeps rain garden 1 perennials a perennial plant is a plant that lives for more than two years. The aster family asteraceae is one of the largest angiosperm families, with more than 1,620 genera and 23,600 species of herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees distributed throughout the world. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles. Each flower produces one seed, formed from an inferior ovary, and is called a cypsela. An ethnobotanical investigation on asteraceae family at rajshahi, bangladesh a h m mahbubur rahman department of botany, university of rajshahi, rajshahi6205, bangladesh.
Biological, chemical, manual, and me chanical control. Asteraceae, the aster, daisy, or composite family of the floweringplant order asterales. Asteraceae are the largest family of flowering plants, with over 1600 genera and 24,000. F h j g i j g i f h f i h g j j f g i h fluency practice. Identification of asteraceae family authorstream presentation. They want to feel like a human being, not a child, wife, husband, worker or whomever. Members of this family have been used traditionally as. Toward a phylogenetic subfamilial classification for the compositae asteraceae. Members of the family have also been studied in connection with the effect of climate change on character evolution in plants. Read the letters from left to right and top to bottom first with letter names. Some members of this family are made up of only disc florets or only ray florets. Asteraceae family is the largest family of angiosperms. Asteraceae have a strong drive for individuality, independence and living their own lives. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria.
Asteraceae compositae aster, daisy or sunflower family. For example, you can find chenopods searching on cheno no quotes as latin name. Achika1, david ebuka arthur1, igelige gerald1, adebiyi adedayo2. Annual, biennial, or perennial herbs, shrubs or rarely climbers. In this unit, students learn that there are different kinds of.
The asteraceae family of plants is a widely distributed medicinal plant throughout the world and has been used since ancient time. Family aasteracae is regarded as the most advanced and highly evolved in the plant kingdom. The relevance of asteraceae family plants in most of the neuropsychiatric disorders treatment article pdf available in international journal of phytomedicine 81 january 2016 with 872 reads. Molecular studies of the flowering plant family compositae asteraceae based on comparative dna sequence data of chloroplast genes provide new insights into the evolution and radiation of the family. Reveal of the university of maryland personal communication, 2000, the family contains nearly 1550 genera and 24,000 species. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. Many veggie gardeners talk about the importance of crop rotation in achieving a healthy, successful harvest. It includes shrubs, perennials and annuals, but not trees or aquatics. Asteraceae and relationships within asterales 159 pattern is also found in calyceraceae gustafsson 1995. New combinations and infrafamilial taxa in the asteraceae. They want to do things on their own, going their own way.
A poster of twelve different species of flowers of the family asteraceae, belonging to the three most representative subfamilies. Asteraceae compositae gallery wildflowers of the daisy family. List of plants in the family asteraceae britannica. Virus induced gene silencing as a genetic tool in the asteraceae family. They are world wide in distribution and abundant in tropics and in cold arctic or alpines regions. Lady bird johnson wildflower center focused on protecting and preserving north americas native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed collection millennium seed bank msb project, preserving and restoring native communities, spreading awareness on invasive species and gardening to attract wildlife. Proceedings of the biological society of washington 1154. When it comes to school readiness, the research also confrms the importance of family activities. Only the orchid family orchidaceae is larger, with.
Kindergarten reading fluency book letter, word and sentence practice. This is a list of genera in the plant family asteraceae, the daisies and sunflowers. Taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes. The asteraceae family is one of the largest in the world with members. Free printable kindergarten writing worksheets, word lists. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the asteraceae family. Asteraceae compositae sunflower or aster family herbs, shrubs, trees and vines mostly herbs in temperate zones leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, no stipules flowers bi or unisexual, actinomorphic or zygomorphic, referred to as florets two basic types of florets ligulate ray and tubular disc.
They have a strong need for individuality and autonomy. As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have been. The following is a list of some of the major genera and. Edis is the electronic data information source of ufifas extension, a collection of information on topics relevant to you. Asteraceae 2 taxonomic discussion on the asteraceae is included under the relevant tribes. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from.
Yellow chamomille anthemis tinctoria asteroideae crown daisy glebionis coronarium asteroideae corn marigold coleostephus myconis asteroideae. Asteraceae compositae asteraceae compositae aster, daisy or sunflower family list of plants from asteraceae compositae family total 37 plants from asteraceae compositae. They move crops from one location to another each year or with each planting season, so that a single type of edible plant is not grown in the same spot season after season. As the flowers of this family are composite, that is, composed of a number of individual florets, the seedhead is made up of the seeds of all the individual flowers. It is the largest family of dicotyledons, comprising 950 genera and 20,000 species, out of which 697 species occur in india.
Asteraceae are the most developed plants, in my opinion. Asteraceae or compositae is an exceedingly large and widespread family of flowering plants with more than 23,600 currently accepted species, spread across 1,620 genera and subfamilies. About the classification report about the classification download. Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of compositae pdf. As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have. Inflorescence a solitary head on a scape, or several heads in a compound inflorescence. Next with letter sounds welcome to kindergarten, week 1. Whether it is math, science, reading or writing, you and your family make a diference. This is the first of three volumes describing the family asteraceae in illinois. Leaves opposite andor alternate, often in a basal rosette, margins entire to deeply lobed, membranous to leathery. For a fun activity divide the class into two teams and play a. In most other asteraceae, a more reduced pattern with fi ve ovary wall bundles two entering the style, in addition to one bundle entering the ovule, is found. Compositae the uniqueness of the aster or sunflower family is that what first seems to be a single large flower is actually a composite of many smaller flowers.
The majority of asteraceae species are herbaceous, yet an important component of the family is constituted by shrubs or even trees occurring primarily in the tropical regions of north and south america, africa and madagascar and on isolated islands in the atlantic and pacific oceans. Families are configured in different ways with many factors affecting them. Asteraceae plants of the aster or sunflower family previously known as the composite family. The plants are characterized by their composite flower heads and oneseeded achene fruits.
List of plants from asteraceae compositae family total 37 plants from asteraceae. Asteraceae is an economically important family, providing products such as cooking oils, leaf vegetables like lettuce, sunflower seeds, artichokes, sweetening agents, coffee substitutes and herbal teas. Native plant database lady bird johnson wildflower center. I use the grin online query system to determine plant families. In asteraceae family the inflorescence is capitylum. The sunflower family asteraceae or compositae is a family of dicot flowering plants asteraceae is a large and diverse family whose typical inflorescence what many people mistake for a single flower is a densely packed cluster of many individual flowers called florets. Morphology of flowering plants family asteraceae or. Sunflowers, coneflowers, goldenrods, and many other wildflowers belong to this family.
As regards the world diversity of the family, only about 12% of genera have been studied using cytoembryology to identify the reproduction system. Family asteraceae plant families australian national. The arrangement of florets within this cluster or head is such that each flower is separated from the next by. For further consolidation of key vocabulary have students do the crossword puzzle family tree crossword see separate pdf document. My name is in this writing worksheet, your kids get practice writing their name, age, and address and. Contents of volumes in the flora of australia, the families current at november. An ethnobotanical investigation on asteraceae family at. Recently, the international panel of botanists who rule on these things decided that all plant families ought to have the same ending aceae, and be named after a plant typical of the family, so the family is now called asteraceae after the type plant, the aster. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family asteraceae. Allergens and plants search enter a full or partial species name to find more information on one of over 1200 potentially allergenic plants. The largest family of flowering plants is the ubiquitous sunflower family asteraceae or compositae. Taxonomists have assigned different systematic position to the family. Stems are branched with one flowerhead at each tip.
Two types of florets ie disc floret in the centeral part and ray floret towards the peripheral part are present. Bentham and hooker placed the family under gamopetalae just after rubiales. They want to make the world a better place where everyone can be healthy, happy, and in the light. Asteraceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Contains 483 genera and 4653 accepted taxa overall. They have a strong aversion to being interfered with. Pdf the relevance of asteraceae family plants in most of.
Hutchinson did not treat the family as the last evolved and put the asterales under the 6th series far before the last series laminales. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Modes of reproduction in the chinese asteraceae are known only fragmentarily. Interhomeopathy an introduction to the asteraceae family. Many of them are spices used in traditional medicine to cure microbial infections.
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