Asterid Orders is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the orders of asterids, daisies, mints, nightshades, heaths, carrots, coffees and their relatives. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is an order of asterids. It excludes the rosid and other eudicot orders. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.
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Wikipedia: Asterales
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Asterales ( ASS-tər-RAY-leez) is an order of dicotyledonous flowering plants that includes the large family Asteraceae (or Compositae) known for composite flowers made of florets, and ten families related to the Asteraceae.
Wikipedia: Lamiales
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The Lamiales (also known as the mint order) are an order of flowering plants in the asterids clade of the Eudicots.
Wikipedia: Solanales
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The Solanales are an order of flowering plants in the asterid group of the eudicots.
Wikipedia: Ericales
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The Ericales are a large and diverse order of flowering plants in the asterid group of the eudicots.
Wikipedia: Apiales
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The Apiales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons.
Wikipedia: Gentianales
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Gentianales is an order of flowering plant, included within the asterid clade of eudicots.
Wikipedia: Cornales
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The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, early diverging among the asterids, containing about 600 species.
Wikipedia: Boraginales
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Boraginales is an order of flowering plants in the asterid clade, with a total of about 125 genera and 2,700 species.
Wikipedia: Dipsacales
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The Dipsacales are an order of flowering plants, included within the asterid group of dicotyledons.
Wikipedia: Garryales
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The Garryales are a small order of dicotyledons, including only two families and three genera.
Wikipedia: Aquifoliales
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The Aquifoliales are an order of flowering plants, including the Aquifoliaceae (holly) family, and also the Helwingiaceae (2-5 species of temperate Asian shrubs) and the Phyllonomaceae (4 species of Central American trees and shrubs).
Wikipedia: Escalloniaceae
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Escalloniaceae is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 130 species in eight genera.
Wikipedia: Bruniales
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Bruniales is an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of eudicots.
Wikipedia: Paracryphiaceae
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The Paracryphiaceae are a family of woody shrubs and trees native to Australia, southeast Asia, and New Caledonia.
Wikipedia: Icacinales
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Icacinales is an order of flowering plants.
Wikipedia: Metteniusaceae
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Metteniusaceae are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the order Metteniusales.
Wikipedia: Vahlia
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Vahlia is a genus of herbs and subshrubs that are native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent.
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