Asteridae (Noun)
Meaning
A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The Asteridae is a large and diverse group of flowering plants that includes many common herbs and shrubs.
- The Asteridae clade is thought to have originated around 100 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period.
- Some of the most well-known families within the Asteridae include the Compositae, which includes sunflowers and daisies.
- Many of the plants within the Asteridae group have showy flowers and are often used as ornamentals in gardens.
- Researchers have used molecular phylogenetics to study the relationships between different families within the Asteridae and have made several important discoveries about the group's evolution.