What is Asteridae?
{{Taxobox |name = Asteridae |image=Campanula portenschlagiana0.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Campanula portenschlagiana]]'' |regnum = [[Plantae]] |divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |classis = [[Eudicots]] |ordo = '''Asteridae'''}} '''Asteridae''' is a [[Linnaean taxonomy|Linnaean]] term with the rank of [[Subclass (biology)|subclass]]. By definition it always includes the family [[Asteraceae]] (Compositae). However, in the modern [[APG III system]] of classification,<ref>Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' '''161''' (2): 105–121. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x/abstract;jsessionid=B3B25522E590E2B7463D6E464962CF35.f02t03]</ref> [[asterid]] and [[euasterid]] are names for [[clades]]. Their member families are similar to those of the Asteridae. One of the better-known systems that recognized subclass Asteridae was the [[Cronquist system]], which included the [[order (biology)|orders]]: * [[Gentianales]] * [[Solanales]] * [[Lamiales]] * [[Callitrichales]] * [[Plantaginales]] * [[Scrophulariales]] * [[Campanulales]] * [[Rubiales]] * [[Dipsacales]] * [[Calycerales]] * [[Asterales]] Most of the above orders as defined by Cronquist have been dramatically redefined on the basis of recent [[sequence analysis|molecular systematic studies]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Asterids]]