Asterales

Translingual

Etymology

Aster +‎ -ales

Proper noun

Asterales

1. 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, campanulids - 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
• Category: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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248