Keywords
Asteridae * Campanulids * Euasteridae * Fossil.
The combination of characters present in this taxon: small pentamerous flowers with cupulate hypanthium ending in a thick presumably nectariferous rim, triangular sepals with a prominent midvein or keel, thin clawed cucullate petals alternating with the sepals, and stamens opposite to the petals is not found in the Solanaceae or even in the
Asteridae, but in the Rhamnaceae, a family that is today classified with the Order Rosales in the Rosid clade (APG, 1998, 2003).
A parsimony analysis of the
Asteridae sensu lato based on rbcL sequences.
Phylogeny and the evolution of flower symmetry in the
Asteridae. Trends in Plant Science 3: 311-317.
Phylogenetic analysis of the
Asteridae based on sequences of 4 genes.
have been recorded among the Caryophyllidae and
Asteridae, and that the
Teil (Spermatophyta, Unterklasse
Asteridae) Valerianaceae bis
For example, let us accept that the name Asteraceae is to be defined as "the taxon at the rank of family inclusive of the genus Aster:" Let us also assume that the taxonomist, using the name Asteraceae, constructs a cladistic classification from a well-resolved phylogeny for the
Asteridae. Under this scenario, the definition of Asteraceae does not indicate to the worker to which dade the name Asteraceae should be applied.