Asterids

Asterids
Impatiens balsamina from Ericales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Superasterids
Clade:	Asterids
Clades
Cornales Ericales Lamiids Campanulids

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Oregano from Lamiales

In the APG II system (2003) for the classification of flowering plants, the name asterids denotes a clade (a monophyletic group). Common examples include the forget-me-nots, nightshades, potatoes, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco, petunias, morning glory, sweet potato, coffee, lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, honeysuckle, ash tree, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, and a number of table herbs such as mint, basil, and rosemary.

Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to the Asteridae in the Cronquist system (1981) and to the Sympetalae in earlier systems. The name asterids (not necessarily capitalised) resembles the earlier botanical name but is intended to be the name of a clade rather than a formal ranked name, in the sense of the ICBN. This clade is one of the two most speciose groups of eudicots, the other being the rosids. It consists of:

• clade asterids:

  order Cornales

  order Ericales

  clade euasterids I

  family Boraginaceae

  family Icacinaceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Vahliaceae

  order Garryales

  order Solanales

  order Gentianales

  order Lamiales

  clade euasterids II

  family Bruniaceae

  family Columelliaceae (+ family Desfontainiaceae)

  family Eremosynaceae

  family Escalloniaceae (+ family Tribelaceae)

  family Paracryphiaceae (+ families Sphenostemonaceae and Quintiniaceae)

  family Polyosmaceae

  order Aquifoliales

  order Apiales

  order Dipsacales

  order Asterales

Note: “ + ....” = optional as a segregate of the preceding family.

APG III

The APG III system, published in 2009, made several changes:

• clade asterids:

  order Cornales

  order Ericales

  clade lamiids (similar to euasterids I in APG II)

  family Boraginaceae

  family Icacinaceae

  family Oncothecaceae

  family Vahliaceae

  family Metteniusaceae

  order Garryales

  order Solanales

  order Gentianales

  order Lamiales

  clade campanulids (similar to euasterids II in APG II)

  order Apiales

  order Aquifoliales

  order Asterales

  order Bruniales

  order Dipsacales

  order Escalloniales

  order Paracryphiales

External links

• Asterids in Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 7, May 2006.