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Asteroideae
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Asteroideae

Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family. It consists of several tribes, including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae. Asteroideae contains plants found all over the world, many of which are shrubby. There are about 1,135 genera and 17,200 species within this subfamily; the largest genera by number of species are Helichrysum (500–600) and Artemisia (550).

Asteroideae is said to date back to approximately 46–36.5 million years ago.

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20 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

asters and allies

tribeAstereae

Sunflowers and Allies

tribeHeliantheae

Chamomiles, yarrows, and allies

tribeAnthemideae

groundsels and allies

tribeSenecioneae

bonesets, blazingstars, and allies

tribeEupatorieae

paper daisies

tribeGnaphalieae

Coreopsis and allies

tribeCoreopsideae

tarweeds, silverswords, and allies

tribeMadieae

Helenieae

tribeHelenieae

stinkworts and allies

tribeInuleae

Millerieae

tribeMillerieae

Tageteae

tribeTageteae

marigolds and allies

tribeCalenduleae

Bahieae

tribeBahieae

Chaenactideae

tribeChaenactideae

Perityleae

tribePerityleae

Polymnieae

tribePolymnieae

Neurolaeneae

tribeNeurolaeneae

Athroismeae

tribeAthroismeae

Feddeeae

tribeFeddeeae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 632790.