Asteraceae

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Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger family is unclear as the number of extant species in each family is unknown. The Asteraceae were first described in the year 1740 and given the original name Compositae. The family is commonly known as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family.

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Phylogenomic synteny reveals paleohexaploid-derived genomic blocks ...

Ancient genome triplication in the Asteraceae family (daisies, sunflowers, asters) crea...

eco Asteraceae eco Asters eco Daisies

paleopolyploidy genome-evolution comparative-genomics

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paleopolyploidy genome-evolution comparative-genomics floral-development adaptive-radiation

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