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Temporal range: 76–0 Ma Campanian[1] – recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Bercht. & J.Presl[2]
Type genus
Aster
Subfamilies[citation needed]
Diversity[3]
1,911 genera
Synonyms[4]
  • Compositae Giseke
  • Acarnaceae Link
  • Ambrosiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Anthemidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Aposeridaceae Raf.
  • Arctotidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Artemisiaceae Martinov
  • Athanasiaceae Martinov
  • Calendulaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Carduaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Cassiniaceae Sch.Bip.
  • Cichoriaceae Juss.
  • Coreopsidaceae Link
  • Cynaraceae Spenn.
  • Echinopaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Eupatoriaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Helichrysaceae Link
  • Inulaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Lactucaceae Drude
  • Mutisiaceae Burnett
  • Partheniaceae Link
  • Perdiciaceae Link
  • Senecionaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Vernoniaceae Burmeist.

The family Asteraceae /æstəˈrʃ/, alternatively Compositae /kəmˈpɒzɪt/, consists of over 32,000 accepted species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae were first described in 1740. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchid family (Orchidaceae), and which is larger is unclear as the quantity of extant species in each family is unknown.

Most species of Asteraceae are annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous plants, but there are some shrubs, vines, and trees. The family has a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions, in a wide variety of habitats. Most occur in hot desert and cold or hot semi-desert climates, and they are found on every continent but Antarctica. A distinguishing characteristic in the family Asteraceae is the existence of sometimes hundreds of tiny individual florets which are held together by protective involucres in flower heads, or more technically, capitula.

The oldest known fossils are pollen grains from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian to Maastrichtian) of Antarctica, dated to c. 76–66 million years (myr). It is estimated that the crown group of Asteraceae evolved at least 85.9 myr (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) with a stem node age of 88–89 myr (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian).

Asteraceae is an economically important family, providing food staples, garden plants, and herbal medicines. Species outside of their native ranges can be considered weedy or invasive.

Description

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Most species of Asteraceae are annual, biennial, or perennial herbaceous plants, but some shrubs, vines, and trees do exist. Asteraceae species are generally easy to distinguish from other plants. However, determining genera and species of some groups such as Hieracium is notoriously difficult (see "damned yellow composite" for example).[citation needed]

The following six characteristics are always present in Asteraceae species and can be used to distinguish them from other families:[5]

Roots

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Members of the family Asteraceae generally produce taproots, but sometimes they possess fibrous root systems. Some species have underground stems in the form of caudices or rhizomes. These can be fleshy or woody depending on the species.[6]

Stems

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Stems are herbaceous, aerial, branched, and cylindrical with glandular hairs, generally erect, but can be prostrate to ascending. The stems can contain secretory canals with resin[6] or latex which is particularly common within subfamily Cichorioideae.[7]

Leaves

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In Asteraceae species, leaves can be alternate, opposite, or whorled. They may be simple, but are often deeply lobed or otherwise incised, often folded upward (conduplicate) or rolled under (revolute). The edges (margins) also can be smooth (entire) or toothed.[6] Resin[6] or latex[7] also can be present in the leaves.

Inflorescences

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Diagnostic characteristics of Asteraceae. The following must be present:[5]
  • a capitulum of florets with phyllaries in involucres
  • fused corolla
  • a style with two lobes at the apex usually, but not always, divided
  • five anthers fused into a cylinder around the style which then splits upward
  • Pappus of capillary setae or of scales (although sometimes absent)
  • fruit (seed) a cypsela (sometimes inaccurately called an achene)

Asteraceae bear their flowers, called florets, in dense flower heads called capitula (singular, capitulum), which are Asteraceae-specific pseudanthia. The florets inside the capitulum are surrounded on the outside by phyllaries (also called involucral bracts), which can look like scales. Collectively, the phyllaries form an involucre that protects the florets in the capitulum.[8]: 29  When viewed from a distance, each capitulum may appear to be a single flower. Enlarged outer (peripheral) flowers in the capitulum may resemble petals, and the involucral bracts may look like a calyx.

Involucres
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Centaurea cyanus
Phyllaries
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Florets
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In Asteraceae species, florets are

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Cypselae

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Pápalo seeds (Porophyllum ruderale)
 
Golden everlasting seeds (Helichrysum bracteatum)

In members of the Asteraceae the fruit is achene-like and called a cypsela (plural cypselae). Although there are two fused carpels, there is only one locule, and only one seed per fruit is formed. It may sometimes be winged or spiny because the pappus, which is derived from calyx tissue, often remains on the fruit (for example in dandelion). In some species, however, the pappus falls off (for example in Helianthus). Cypsela morphology is often used to help determine plant relationships at the genus and species level.[9] The mature seeds usually have little endosperm or none.[10]

Pollen

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The pollen of some composites is echinolophate (or fenestrate), morphological terms meaning "with elaborate systems of ridges and spines dispersed around and between the apertures."[11]: 486 

 
European honey bee (Apis mellifera) on a flower head of Galatella sedifolia and covered in pollen, Vic-la-Gardiole, Hérault, France.

Floral formula and diagram

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Schemes and floral diagrams of the different flower types (Leucanthemum vulgare agg.): a – disc flower; b – ray flower. 1 – style with stigmas; 2 – anthers; 3 – corolla (petals), in the ray flower three petals are joined to form a strap (in other species, 5 petals can form a ligule); 4 – reduced calyx; 4’ – in many other species (like Carduus acanthoides shown in the circle), it forms a pappus; 5 – inferior ovary fused of two carpels containing one abaxial ovule (basal placentation).
 
Flower diagram of Carduus (Carduoideae) shows (outermost to innermost): subtending bract and stem axis; calyx forming a pappus; fused corolla; stamens fused to corolla; gynoecium with two carpels and one locule.


Genome

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Phytochemistry

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In Asteraceae, the energy store is generally in the form of inulin rather than starch. They produce iso/chlorogenic acid, sesquiterpene lactones, pentacyclic triterpene alcohols, various alkaloids, acetylenes (cyclic, aromatic, with vinyl end groups), tannins. They have terpenoid essential oils which never contain iridoids.[12]

Asteraceae produce secondary metabolites, such as flavonoids and terpenoids. Some of these molecules can inhibit protozoan parasites such as Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, Leishmania and parasitic intestinal worms, and thus have potential in medicine.[13]

Taxonomy

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History

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Compositae, the original name for Asteraceae, were first described in 1740 by Dutch botanist Adriaan van Royen.[14]: 117–118  Traditionally, two subfamilies were recognised: Asteroideae (or Tubuliflorae) and Cichorioideae (or Liguliflorae).[citation needed] The latter has been shown to be extensively paraphyletic, and has now been divided into 12 subfamilies, but the former still stands.[15][needs update] The study of this family is known as synantherology.

Phylogeny

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The phylogenetic tree presented below is based on Panero & Funk (2002)[15] updated in 2014,[16] and now also includes the monotypic Famatinanthoideae.[16][17][18][needs update] The diamond (♦) denotes a very poorly supported node (<50% bootstrap support), the dot (•) a poorly supported node (<80%).[12]

Barnadesioideae: 9 genera, 93 species. South America, mainly the Andes.

Famatinanthoideae: South America, 1 genus, 1 species Famatinanthus decussatus.

Mutisioideae: 58 genera, 750 species. Absent from Europe, mostly in South America.

Stifftioideae: 10 genera. South America.

Wunderlichioideae: 8 genera, 24 species. Mostly in Venezuela and Guyana.

Gochnatioideae: 4 or 5 genera, 90 species. Latin America and southern United States.

Hecastocleidoideae: Only Hecastocleis shockleyi. Southwestern United States.

Carduoideae: 83 genera, 2,500 species. Worldwide.

Pertyoideae: 5 or 6 genera, 70 species. Asia.

Gymnarrhenoideae: Two genera/species, Gymnarrhena micrantha (Northern Africa, Middle East) and Cavea tanguensis (Eastern Himalayas).

Cichorioideae: 224 genera, 3,200 species. Worldwide.

Corymbioideae: Only the genus Corymbium, with 9 species. Cape provinces, South Africa.

Asteroideae: 1,130 genera and 16,200 species. Worldwide.

The family includes over 32,000 accepted species, in over 1,900 genera (list) in 13 subfamilies.[3][needs update] The number of species in the family Asteraceae is rivaled only by Orchidaceae.[12][19] Which is the larger family is unclear, because of the uncertainty about how many extant species each family includes.[citation needed] The four subfamilies Asteroideae, Cichorioideae, Carduoideae and Mutisioideae contain 99% of the species diversity of the whole family (approximately 70%, 14%, 11% and 3% respectively).[citation needed]

Because of the morphological complexity exhibited by this family, agreeing on generic circumscriptions has often been difficult for taxonomists. As a result, several of these genera have required multiple revisions.[10]

Evolutionary processes

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The oldest known fossils of members of Asteraceae are pollen grains from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica, dated to ∼76–66 myr (Campanian to Maastrichtian) and assigned to the extant genus Dasyphyllum.[1] Barreda, et al. (2015) estimated that the crown group of Asteraceae evolved at least 85.9 myr (Late Cretaceous, Santonian) with a stem node age of 88–89 myr (Late Cretaceous, Coniacian).[1]

It is still[when?] unknown whether the precise cause of their great success was the development of the highly specialised capitulum, their ability to store energy as fructans (mainly inulin), which is an advantage in relatively dry zones, or some combination of these and possibly other factors.[12] Heterocarpy, or the ability to produce different fruit morphs, has evolved and is common in Asteraceae. It allows seeds to be dispersed over varying distances and each are adapted to different environments, increasing chances of survival.[20]

Etymology and pronunciation

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The name Asteraceae (English: /ˌæstəˈrsi, -siˌ, -siˌ, -siˌ/) comes to international scientific vocabulary from New Latin, from Aster, the type genus, + -aceae,[21] a standardised suffix for plant family names in modern taxonomy. The genus name comes from the Classical Latin word aster, "star", which came from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), "star".[21] It refers to the star-like form of the inflorescence.[citation needed]

The original name Compositae is still valid under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.[22] It refers to the "composite" nature of the capitula, which consist of a few or many individual flowers.[citation needed]

The vernacular name daisy, widely applied to members of this family, is derived from the Old English name of the daisy (Bellis perennis): dæġes ēaġe, meaning "day's eye". This is because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk.[citation needed]

Distribution and habitat

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Asteraceae species have a widespread distribution, from subpolar to tropical regions in a wide variety of habitats. Most occur in hot desert (arid) and cold or hot semi-desert (semi-arid) climates, and they are found on every continent but Antarctica. They are especially numerous in tropical and subtropical regions (notably Central America, eastern Brazil, the Mediterranean, the Levant, southern Africa, central Asia, and southwestern China).[19] The largest proportion of the species occurs in the arid and semi-arid regions of subtropical and lower temperate latitudes.[6] The Asteraceae may represent as much as 10% of indigenous flora in many regions of the world.[citation needed]

Ecology

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Butineuses sur artichau
Insects and Asteraceae
European swallowtail (Papilio machaon gorganus) on red star-thistle (Centaurea calcitrapa) in Grazalema, Andalusia, Spain.
Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) feeding on blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum), at Ashley Creek Recreation Area, Blue Mountain Lake, Arkansas, United States.
Green soldier beetle (Chauliognathus lugubris) on a golden everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum), New South Wales, Australia.

Asteraceae are especially common in open and dry environments.[10] Many members of Asteraceae are pollinated by insects, which explains their value in attracting beneficial insects, but anemophily is also present (e.g. Ambrosia, Artemisia). There are many apomictic species in the family.

Seeds are ordinarily dispersed intact with the fruiting body, the cypsela. Anemochory (wind dispersal) is common, assisted by a hairy pappus. Epizoochory is another common method, in which the dispersal unit, a single cypsela (e.g. Bidens) or entire capitulum (e.g. Arctium) has hooks, spines or some structure to attach to the fur or plumage (or even clothes, as in the photo) of an animal just to fall off later far from its mother plant.

Anemochory in Carlina
Epizoochory in Bidens tripartita

Some members of Asteraceae are considered weeds. Notable in the United States are Senecio jacobaea (ragwort),[23] Senecio vulgaris (groundsel),[24] and Taraxacum (dandelion).[25] Some are invasive species in particular regions, often having been introduced by human agency. Examples include various tumbleweeds, Bidens, ragweeds, thistles, and dandelion.[citation needed] Dandelion was introduced into North America by European settlers who used the young leaves as a salad green.[26]

Conservation

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Main article: User:Eewilson/AsteraceaeThreatened

Pictures of some threatened Asteraceae species (non IUCN classifications)
Garberia heterophylla is vulnerable in Florida where it is endemic (NatureServe)[citation needed]

Toxicity

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Uses

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  • Medicinal
  • Food
  • Fiber
  • Timber
  • Recreational
  • Research and technology
 
Stevia, Dobrzyca, 2013-07-08 17.46.39
 
Globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) plantation, Stutensee, Germany.
 
Yellow MariGold Banti Puvvu
 
Tagetes Feld Uetersen
 
Creeping groundsel (Senecio angulatus), a twining succulent native to South Africa, is used for its cut flowers,[27] despite being an invasive weed in some places, such as Victoria, Australia and New Zealand.[28]

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. Several genera are of horticultural importance, including pot marigold (Calendula officinalis), coneflowers (Echinacea), various daisies, fleabane, chrysanthemums, dahlias, zinnias, and heleniums.

Asteraceae are important in herbal medicine, including Grindelia, yarrow, and many others.[citation needed]

Commercially important plants in Asteraceae include the food crops Lactuca sativa (lettuce), Cichorium (chicory), Cynara scolymus (globe artichoke), Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Smallanthus sonchifolius (yacón), Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) and Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke).[citation needed]

 
Globe artichokes (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) on sale at the market at Ortigia, Syracuse, Italy.
 
A flower garland shop in Varanasi
 
Tagetes Garlands মালা
 
Trabajo diario

Plants are used as herbs and in herbal teas and other beverages. Chamomile, for example, comes from two different species: the annual Matricaria chamomilla (German chamomile) and the perennial Chamaemelum nobile (Roman chamomile). Calendula (known as pot marigold) is grown commercially for herbal teas and potpourri. Echinacea is used as a medicinal tea. The wormwood genus Artemisia includes absinthe (A. absinthium) and tarragon (A. dracunculus). Winter tarragon (Tagetes lucida), is commonly grown and used as a tarragon substitute in climates where tarragon will not survive.[citation needed]

Many members of the family are grown as ornamental plants for their flowers, and some are important ornamental crops for the cut flower industry. Some examples are Chrysanthemum, Gerbera, Calendula, Dendranthema, Argyranthemum, Dahlia, Tagetes, Zinnia, and many others.[29]

 
Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed), native to Southern Africa, is an environmental weed in Australia, growing in wastelands, grasslands, and suburban bushland.[30]

Many species of this family possess medicinal properties and are used as traditional antiparasitic medicine.[13]

Members of the family are also commonly featured in medical and phytochemical journals because the sesquiterpene lactone compounds contained within them are an important cause of allergic contact dermatitis. Allergy to these compounds is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis in florists in the US.[31] Pollen from ragweed Ambrosia is among the main causes of so-called hay fever in the United States.[32]

Asteraceae are also used for some industrial purposes. French Marigold (Tagetes patula) is common in commercial poultry feeds and its oil is extracted for uses in cola and the cigarette industry.[29] The genera Chrysanthemum, Pulicaria, Tagetes, and Tanacetum contain species with useful insecticidal properties.[29] Parthenium argentatum (guayule) is a source of hypoallergenic latex.[29]

Plants that contain high concentrations of inulin include:

 
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) of subfamily Asteroideae is a source of hypoallergenic latex.[29]

Several members of the family are copious nectar producers[29] and are useful for evaluating pollinator populations during their bloom.[citation needed] Centaurea (knapweed), Helianthus annuus (domestic sunflower), and some species of Solidago (goldenrod) are major "honey plants" for beekeepers. Solidago produces relatively high protein pollen, which helps honey bees over winter.[33]

Culture

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Rhymes and games

He loves me... he loves me not Taraxacum#Cultural importance

 
'La Simplicité (Simplicity)', oil on canvas painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1759, Kimbell Art Museum

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State flowers of the United States (or Flowers representing cities, countries, or whatever)

List of U.S. state and territory flowers

 

Asters

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Michaelmas

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Marigolds

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Hinduism
 
India DSC00930 (16696894676)
 
Marigold at lingaraj temple
 
Vishnu statue

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Catholicism
 
Grab-frere-roger
 
Day of the Dead, Zacatecas (Emma)
 
Marigolds2 2008-11-1
 
Mexican marigold icon

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