Asterales
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Vernacular names of plants within the Order Asterales

Benjamin bush
German chamomile
Indian plaintain
agoseris
alkalai marsh aster
amberboa
amblyolepis
amblyopappus
anisocoma
arnica
arnoseris
atrichoseris
bahia
balsamita
balsamroot
baltimora
bartlettia
blow wives
broomweed
burdock
capeweed
chaffbush
clibadium
cnicus
daisy
desertpeony
dogweed
dozedaisy
easterbonnets
goldenhead
hardheads
honeycombhead
mayweeds
medicineplant
neststraw
pearly everlasting
pussytoes
silversword
snakeroot
spice bush
spotflower
starburr
sunflowers
sweetbush
thistle
trailplant
willow ragwort
yarrow

Hierarchical position of the Order Asterales

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Asteridae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 405. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Asteranae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 451. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Asterales Lindl.
pub. 1833
  

Named members of the Order Asterales

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   Familia  Asteraceae Dumort.
pub. Comment. Bot.: 55. Nov-Dec 1822.
common name: Sunflowers
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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