Talk:Asterids

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So, uh, what are the actual key cladogram-type characteristics that make the asterids different from the rosids? Stan 00:01, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a clade name, not a formal taxon, so a taxobox is not warranted.

Metachlamydae

Isn't it essentially the same with Hutchinson's metachlamydae? Should we mention that?--Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 12:36, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Common examples: There should be one from Asteraceae -- here's what I added & why

The sentence beginning "common examples" has plants noted as food crops, ornamentals, and teak. But it didn't appear to include *anything* from the huge family Asteraceae, which is a major portion of the Asterales. So I wondered about a good example of a plant in Asteraceae. I picked the common sunflower, which is grown as a crop. The text would read more smoothly if I just said "sunflowers"; however, some plants called "sunflowers" aren't in Asteraceae. Therefore, my wording is a little awkward. I thought about daisy, but while many notable daisies are in Asteraceae, there are a few flowers that aren't. Maybe someone can think of a better example -- a plant that's widely known, where all of the common names are plants within Asteraceae; or at least all of the common names which are important enough to include in Wikipedia. Oaklandguy (talk) 05:35, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

Thistle and lettuce are names applied outside of Asteraceae as well. You could go for the type genus (Michaelmas daisy). There's also dandelion, groundsel, goldenrod, hawkweed and so on. Lavateraguy (talk) 11:12, 26 April 2017 (UTC)