Yggdrasil
Family · Asterids

Asteraceae

Daisies — sunflower, lettuce, dandelion

Daisy family: florets packed into composite heads that mimic single blooms; largest eudicot family.

Accepted species
35,483accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genera
1,730accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin
≈45 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity
Europemost native species · WGSRPD
Open Asteraceae in the treePan, zoom and dig into its genera in the interactive view.

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Largest genera

The 1,670 smaller genera are in the interactive tree.

Where it grows

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Asteraceae sits in the order Asterales.