Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl

First published in Prir. Rostlin 254. 1820 [Jan-Apr 1820] (1820)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Bremer, K. (1994). Asteraceae: Cladistics & Classification. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
  • Hind, D. J. N. (2007). Asteraceae (Compositae). In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham & O. Seberg (eds), Flowering Plant Families of the World, pp. 46–52. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hind, D. J. N. (2009). Neotropical Asteraceae. In: W. Milliken, B. Klitgaard & A. Baracat (eds), Neotropikey – Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics. www.kew.org/neotropikey

Neotropikey

  • The literature on the Compositae is vast, although within the Flora area there are relatively few full (or state-based) floristic treatments for the family (Argentina - in progress, Guianas, Venezuela, Mexico - in progress, Santa Catarina, Brazil - in progress). Checklists exist for several countries (e.g. Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador), but some floras are historical and considerably out of date (e.g. Brazil). There are very few Flora Neotropica monographs available for any part of the family. The Kubitzki volume of the Families and Genera of Vascular Plants on the Asterales, vol. VIII, covers the family, at tribal and generic level, comprehensively for the first time with keys to most taxa down to genera. Significant literature is listed at length in this volume. Hind, D.J.N. (2011) onwards).  Preliminary checklist (with keys to genera) of the Compositae (Asteraceae) of Bolivia.  http://www.kew.org/science/tropamerica/boliviacompositae/index.html.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds) (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York & Oxford. Vols 19, 20 & 21.
  • Funk, V. A., Susanna, A., Stuessy, T. F. & Bayer, R. J. (eds) (2009). Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Vienna; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
  • Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M. & Valentine, D. H. (eds) (1976). Flora Europaea 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge & New York.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0