Asterids
In the APG II system for the classification of flowering plants, the name
asterids denotes a clade. Most of the taxa belonging to this clade had been referred to the Asteridae in the Cronquist system and to the Sympetalae in earlier systems. The name asterids resembles the earlier botanical name but is intended to be the name of a clade rather than a formal ranked name, in the sense of the
ICBN. This clade is one of the two most speciose groups of eudicots, the other being the rosids. It consists of: ▪ clade
asterids: order Cornales order Ericales clade
euasterids I family Boraginaceae family Icacinaceae family Oncothecaceae family Vahliaceae order Garryales order Solanales order Gentianales order Lamiales clade
euasterids II family Bruniaceae family Columelliaceae family Eremosynaceae family Escalloniaceae family Paracryphiaceae family Polyosmaceae order Aquifoliales order Apiales order Dipsacales order Asterales
Note: “ +....” = optional as a segregate of the preceding family.