Asteraceae (sau Compositae) este una dintre cele mai mari familii de plante cu flori, cuprinzând peste 1.500 de genuri și circa 23.000 de specii, răspândite pe tot globul.
Această familie cuprinde plantele care au florile grupate într-o inflorescență numită capitul (calatidiu). Exemple: cicoare, floarea-soarelui, păpădie, coada șoricelului etc.
Subfamilii Subfamilie Genuri nr. Specii nr. Specii % Răspândire Barnadesioideae 9 93 America de Sud îndeosebi în Anzi Stifftia America de Sud; Asia Mutisioideae 58 750 3% America de Sud Gochnatioideae 4-5 90 Hecastocleioideae 1 1 sud-vestul SUA Carduoideae 83 2 500 11% pe tot globul Pertyoideae 5-6 70 Gymnarrhenoideae 1 1 nordul Africii Cichorioideae (Liguliflorae) 224 3 200 14% pe tot globul Corymbioideae 1 7 Asteroideae (Tubuliflorae) 1130 16 200 70% pe tot globul
Genuri
A AaronsohniaAbrotanellaAcamptopappusAcanthocephalusAcanthocladiumAcanthodesmosAcantholepisAcanthospermumAcanthostylesAchilleaAchnophoraAchnopogonAchyrachaenaAchyroclineAchyropappusAchyrothalamusAcilepidopsisAcilepisAcmellaAcomisAcourtiaAcrisioneAcritopappusAcroptilonActinoboleActinoserisActitesAdelostigmaAdenanthellumAdenocaulonAdenocritoniaAdenoglossaAdenoonAdenopappusAdenophyllumAdenostemmaAdenostylesAdenothamnusAedesiaAegopordonAequatoriumAetheolaenaAetheorhizaAgeratellaAgeratinaAgeratinastrumAgeratumAgoserisAgrianthusAinsliaeaAjaniaAjaniopsisAlatosetaAlbertiniaAlcantaraAlciopeAldamaAlepidoclineAlfrediaAliellaAllagopappusAllardiaAlloispermumAllopterigeronAlmutasterAlomiaAlomiellaAlvordiaAmauriaAmberboaAmblyocarpumAmblyolepisAmblyopappusAmboroaAmbrosiaAmeghinoaAmellusAmmobiumAmoliniaAmpelasterAmphiachyrisAmphiglossaAmphipappusAmphoricarposAnacanthaAnacyclusAnaphalioidesAnaphalisAnaxetonAncathiaAncistrocarphusAncistrophoraAndryalaAngelphytumAngianthusAnisochaetaAnisocomaAnisopappusAnisothrixAntennariaAnthemisAntilliaAntiphionaAntithrixiaAnuraAnvilleaApalochlamysAphanactisAphanostephusAphyllocladusApodocephalaApopyrosAposerisApostatesArbelaezasterArchibaccharisArctiumArctogeronArctothecaArctotisArgyranthemumArgyroglottisArgyrovernoniaArgyroxiphiumAristeguietiaArnaldoaArnicaArnicastrumArnoglossumArnoserisArrhenechthitesArrojadocharisArrowsmithiaArtemisiaArtemisiopsisAsaemiaAsanthusAscidiogyneAspiliaAsplundianthusAsterAsterideaAsteriscusAsteromoeaAsteropsisAsterothamnusAstranthiumAthanasiaAthrixiaAthroismaAtractylisAtractylodesAtrichanthaAtrichoserisAustrobrickelliaAustrocritoniaAustroeupatoriumAustrosynotisAxiniphyllumAyapanaAyapanopsisAylacophoraAyniaAztecaster
B BaccharidopsisBaccharisBaccharoidesBadilloaBaeriaBaeriopsisBafutiaBahiaBahianthusBaileyaBalduinaBalsamorhizaBaltimoraBarkleyanthusBarnadesiaBarroeteaBarrosoaBartlettiaBartlettinaBasedowiaBebbiaBedfordiaBejaranoaBellidaBellisBelliumBelloaBerardiaBerkheyaBerlandieraBerroaBerylsimpsoniaBidensBigelowiaBishopaleaBishopanthusBishopiellaBishoviaBlainvilleaBlakeanthusBlakiellaBlanchetiaBlennospermaBlennosporaBlepharipappusBlepharispermumBlepharizoniaBlumeaBlumeopsisBoeberastrumBoeberoidesBolanosaBolocephalusBoltoniaBombycilaenaBorkonstiaBorrichiaBothrioclineBrachanthemumBrachionostylumBrachyactisBrachycladosBrachyglottisBrachylaenaBrachyscomeBrachythrixBracteanthaBrickelliaBrickelliastrumBryomorpheBuphthalmumBurkartia
C CabreriellaCacaliaCacaliopsisCacosmiaCadiscusCaesuliaCaleaCalendulaCallicephalusCallilepisCallistephusCalocephalusCalomeriaCalostephaneCalotestaCalotisCalycadeniaCalycoserisCalyptocarpusCamchayaCampovassouriaCamptacraCampulocliniumCanadanthusCancriniaCancriniellaCardopatiumCarduncellusCarduusCarlinaCarminatiaCarpesiumCarphephorusCarphochaeteCarramboaCarterothamnusCarthamusCassiniaCastanedia - CastrilanthemumCatamixisCatanancheCatatiaCavalcantiaCaveaCelmisiaCentaureaCentaurodendronCentauropsisCentaurothamnusCentipedaCentratherumCephalipterumCephalopappusCephalorrhynchusCephalosorusCeratogyneCeruanaChacoaChaenactisChaetadelphaChaetantheraChaetopappaChaetoserisChamaechaenactisChamaegeronChamaemelumChamaepusChaptaliaChardiniaCharieisCheirolophusChersodomaChevreuliaChiliadenusChiliocephalumChiliophyllumChiliotrichiopsisChiliotrichumChimantaeaChionolaenaChionopappusChlamydophoraChloracanthaChondrillaChondropyxisChrestaChromolaenaChromolepisChronopappusChrysactiniaChrysactiniumChrysanthellumChrysanthemoidesChrysanthemumChrysanthoglossumChrysocephalumChrysocomaChrysogonumChrysolaenaChrysomaChrysophthalmumChrysopsisChrysothamnusChthonocephalusChucoaChuquiragaCicerbitaCiceroniaCichoriumCinerariaCirsiumCissampelopsisCladanthusCladochaetaClappiaClibadiumCnicothamnusCnicusCoespeletiaColeocomaColeostephusColobantheraColumbiadoriaComacliniumComborhizaCommidendrumComplayaCondylidiumCondylopodiumConocliniopsisConocliniumConyzaCoreocarpusCoreopsisCorethamniumCorrelliaCorymbiumCosmosCotulaCoulterellaCousiniaCousiniopsisCraspediaCrassocephalumCratystylisCremanthodiumCrepidiastrumCrepisCritoniaCritoniadelphusCritoniellaCritoniopsisCrocidiumCronquistiaCronquistianthusCroptilonCrossostephiumCrossothamnusCrupinaCuatrecasanthusCuatrecasasiellaCuchumataneaCullumiaCuspidiaCyanthilliumCyathoclineCyathomoneCyclolepisCylindroclineCymbolaenaCymbonotusCymbopappusCynaraCyrtocymura
D DacryotrichiaDahliaDamnameniaDamnxanthodiumDasycondylusDasyphyllumDaveauaDecachaetaDecastylocarpusDecazesiaDelaireaDelamereaDeliliaDendranthemaDendrocacaliaDendrophorbiumDendrosenecioDendroserisDenekiaDesmanthodiumDewildemaniaDiacrantheraDianthoserisDiaphractanthusDiaspananthusDicercocladosDichaetophoraDichrocephalaDichromochlamysDicomaDicoriaDicranocarpusDideltaDielitziaDigitacaliaDimeresiaDimerostemmaDimorphocomaDimorphothecaDinoserisDiodontiumDiplazoptilonDiplostephiumDipterocomeDipterocypselaDisparagoDissothrixDistephanusDisynaphiaDithyrostegiaDittrichiaDoellingeriaDolichoglottisDolichorrhizaDolichothrixDolomiaeaDoniophytonDorobaeaDoronicumDracopisDresslerothamnusDubautiaDubyaeaDugesiaDuhaldeaDuidaeaDuseniellaDymondiaDyscritogyneDyscritothamnusDysodiopsisDyssodia
E EastwoodiaEatonellaEchinaceaEchinocoryneEchinopsEcliptaEdmondiaEgletesEirmocephalaEiteniaEkmaniaElachanthusElaphandraElephantopusEleutherantheraEllenbergiaElytropappusEmbergeriaEmiliaEmiliellaEnceliaEnceliopsisEndocellion EndopappusEngelmanniaEngleriaEnydraEpaltesEpilasiaEpiscothamnusEpitricheEratoErechtitesEremanthusEremosisEremothamnusEriachaeniumEricameriaEricentrodeaErigeronEriocephalusEriochlamysEriophyllumEriothrixErlangeaErodiophyllumErymophyllumEryngiophyllumErythradeniaErythrocephalumEspejoaEspeletiaEspeletiopsisEthuliaEucephalusEuchitonEumorphiaEupatoriastrumEupatorinaEupatoriopsisEupatoriumEuphrosyneEurybiopsisEurydochusEuryopsEutetrasEuthamiaEvacidiumEwartiaEwartiothamnusExomiocarpon
F FacelisFarfugiumFaujasiaFaxoniaFeddeaFeldstoniaFeliciaFemeniasiaFenixiaFerreyranthusFerreyrellaFilagoFilifoliumFitchiaFitzwilliaFlaveriaFleischmanniaFleischmanniopsisFlorestinaFloscaldasiaFlosmutisiaFlourensiaFlyriellaFormaniaFoveolinaFreyaFulcaldea
G GaillardiaGalactitesGaleanaGaleommaGalinsogaGamochaetaGamochaetopsisGamolepisGarberiaGarcibarrigoaGarcilassaGardnerinaGarhadiolusGaruleumGazaniaGeigeriaGeissolepisGeraeaGerberaGeropogonGibbariaGilbertaGilruthiaGladiopappusGlaziovianthusGlossarionGlossocardiaGlossopappusGlyptopleuraGnaphaliothamnusGnaphaliumGnephosisGochnatiaGoldmanellaGongrostylusGongylolepisGoniocaulonGonospermumGorceixiaGorteriaGossweileraGoyazianthusGrangeaGrangeopsisGraphistylisGratwickiaGrauanthusGrazieliaGreenmaniellaGrindeliaGrisebachianthusGrosvenoriaGuardiolaGuayaniaGuevariaGuizotiaGundeliaGundlachiaGutierreziaGymnanthemumGymnarrhenaGymnocondylusGymnocoronisGymnodiscusGymnolaenaGymnopentziaGymnospermaGymnostephiumGynoxysGynuraGypothamniumGyptidiumGyptisGyrodoma
H HaastiaHaeckeriaHaegielaHandeliaHaplocarphaHaploesthesHaplopappusHaplostephiumHarleyaHarnackiaHartwrightiaHasteolaHatschbachiellaHazardiaHebecliniumHecastocleisHedypnoisHeleniumHelianthellaHelianthusHelichrysopsisHelichrysumHeliocautaHeliomerisHeliopsisHelipterumHelminthothecaHelogyneHemisteptiaHemizoniaHenricksoniaHeptanthusHerderiaHerodotiaHerrickiaHertiaHesperevaxHesperodoriaHesperomanniaHeteraciaHeteranthemisHeterocomaHeterocondylusHeterocypselaHeteroderisHeterolepisHeteromeraHeterommaHeteropappusHeteroplexisHeterorhachisHeterospermaHeterothalamusHeterothecaHidalgoaHieracium HilliardiaHinterhuberaHippiaHippolytiaHirpiciumHispidellaHochstetteriaHoehnephytumHoffmanniellaHofmeisteriaHolocarphaHolocheilusHololeionHololepisHolozoniaHomognaphaliumHomogyneHoplophyllumHuarpeaHubertiaHughesiaHulseaHumeaHumeoclineHyalisHyalochaeteHyalochlamysHyaloserisHyalospermaHybridellaHydroideaHydropectisHymenocephalusHymenocleaHymenolepisHymenonemaHymenopappusHymenostemmaHymenothrixHymenoxysHyoserisHypacanthiumHypericophyllumHypochaerisHysterionicaHystrichophora
I IchthyothereIdiothamnusIflogaIghermiaIltisiaImeriaIneziaInulaInulantheraInulopsisIocenesIodocephalusIogetonIonactisIostephaneIotaspermaIphionaIphionopsisIranecioIrwiniaIschneaIsmeliaIsocarphaIsocomaIsoetopsisIsostigmaIvaIxeridiumIxerisIxiochlamysIxiolaenaIxodia
J JacmaiaJaegeriaJalcophilaJaliscoaJamesianthusJaramilloaJasoniaJaumeaJefeaJeffreyaJesseaJoseanthusJungiaJurineaJurinella
K KalimerisKareliniaKarvandarinaKaschgariaKauniaKeysseriaKinghamiaKingianthusKippistiaKirkianellaKleiniaKoanophyllonKoehneolaKoelpiniaKrigiaKyrsteniopsis
L LachanodesLachnophyllumLachnorhizaLachnospermumLactacellaLactucaLactucellaLactucosonchusLaenneciaLaestadiaLagasceaLagediumLagenithrixLagenophoraLaggeraLagophyllaLamprachaeniumLamprocephalusLamyropappusLamyropsisLangebergiaLantanopsisLapsanaLapsanastrumLasianthaeaLasiocephalusLasiolaenaLasiopogonLasiospermumLastheniaLaunaeaLawrencellaLayiaLecocarpusLeibnitziaLeiboldiaLembertiaLemooreaLeontodonLeontopodiumLepidaploaLepidesmiaLepidolophaLepidolopsisLepidoniaLepidophorumLepidophyllumLepidospartumLepidostephiumLeptinellaLeptocarphaLeptocliniumLeptorhynchosLeptostelmaLescailleaLessingiaLessingianthusLeucactiniaLeucanthemellaLeucanthemopsisLeucanthemumLeucheriaLeucoblepharisLeucocyclusLeucogenesLeucomerisLeucophytaLeucopteraLeunisiaLeuzeaLeyseraLiabellumLiabumLiatrisLibanothamnusLidbeckiaLifagoLigulariaLimbardaLindheimeraLipochaetaLiatrisLitogyneLitothamnusLitrisaLlerasiaLogfiaLomatozonaLonasLopholaenaLophopappusLordhoweaLorentzianthusLoricariaLourteigiaLoxothysanusLuciliaLucilioclineLugoaLuinaLuliaLundellianthusLycapsusLychnophoraLycoserisLygodesmia
M MachaerantheraMacowaniaMacrachaeniumMacraeaMacroclinidiumMacropodinaMacvaughiellaMadagasterMadiaMairiaMalacothrixMallotopusMalmeanthusMalperiaMantisalcaMarasmodesMarshalliaMarshalljohnstoniaMarticoreniaMatricariaMattfeldanthusMattfeldiaMatudinaMauranthemumMausoleaMecomischusMegalodontaMelampodiumMelanodendronMelantheraMerrittiaMetalasiaMetasteviaMexerionMexianthusMicractisMicrocephalaMicroglossaMicrogynellaMicroliabumMicropsisMicropusMicroserisMicrospermumMikaniaMikaniopsisMilleriaMillotiaMinuriaMiricacaliaMiyamayomenaMniodesMonactisMonarrhenusMonogereionMonolopiaMonoptilonMontanoaMonticaliaMooniaMoquiniaMorithamnusMoschariaMsuataMulgediumMunnoziaMunzothamnusMuschleriaMutisiaMycelisMyopordonMyriactisMyriocephalusMyripnoisMyxopappus
N NabalusNanantheaNannoglottisNanothamnusNardophyllumNarvalinaNassauviaNaupliusNeblinaeaNejaNelsonianthusNemosenecioNeocabreriaNeocuatrecasiaNeohintoniaNeojeffreyaNeomirandeaNeomolinaNeopallasiaNeotysoniaNesomiaNestleraNeurolaenaNeurolakisNicolasiaNicolletiaNidorellaNikitiniaNipponanthemumNivelleaNolletiaNothobaccharisNothocalaisNoticastrumNotobasisNotoserisNoueliaNovenia
O OaxacaniaObliviaOchrocephalaOclemenaOdixiaOdontoclineOederaOiospermumOldenburgiaOleariaOlgaeaOligactisOliganthesOligocarpusOligochaetaOligoneuronOligothrixOlivaeaOmalothecaOmphalopappusOncosiphonOndetiaOnopordumOnoserisOonopsisOparanthusOphryosporusOpisthopappusOreochrysumOreoleyseraOreostemmaOritrophiumOrochaenactisOsbertiaOsmadeniaOsmiopsisOsmitopsisOsteospermumOtanthusOteizaOthonnaOtopappusOtospermumOutreyaOxycarphaOxylaenaOxylobusOxypappusOxyphyllumOyedaeaOzothamnus
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