Asterales

Translingual

Etymology

Aster +‎ -ales

Proper noun

Asterales

A taxonomic order within the clade asterids – many dicotyledonous plants including aster, sunflower, zinnia, lettuce, artichoke and dandelion, distinguished from others in the clade euasterids II by the presence in the plants of oligosaccharide inulin, a nutrient storage molecule used instead of starch and unique stamen morphology.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades

Hyponyms

(order): Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, Asteraceae (composites), Calyceraceae, Campanulaceae (bellflowers), Goodeniaceae, Menyanthaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Phellinaceae, Rousseaceae, Stylidiaceae (trigger plant family) - families

References

Asterales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asterales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Asterales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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