Dicotyledoneae (Class) III

(According to Cronquist's 1981 Classification of the Angiosperms)

  1. Asteridae (11 orders, 49 families, 60,000 species)
    Walters and Keil-Chapters 14 and 15

    1. Gentianales (Gentianaceae--Sabatia, Gentiana; Apocynaceae--Plumeria, Allamanda-Greenhouse; Asclepiadaceae--Asclepias; Stapelia, Hoya-Greenhouse
    2. Solanales (Solanaceae--Solanum, Physalis; Cestrum-Greenhouse; Convolvulaceae--Ipomoea, Convolvulus; Polemoniaceae--Phlox; Hydrophyllaceae--Phacelia)
    3. Lamiales (Boraginaceae--Mertensia, Myosotis; Verbenaceae--Verbena; Clerodendron-Greenhouse; Labitae or Lamiaceae--Mentha, Prunella, Monarda, Salvia; Plectranthus-Greenhouse)
    4. Plantaginales (Plantaginaceae--Plantago)
    5. Scrophulariales (Oleaceae--Fraxinus, Forsythia; Jasminum, Olea-Greenhouse; Scrophulariaceae--Linaria, Verbascum, Chelone; Gesneriaceae--Aeschynanthus, Nemanthus, Saintpaula-Greenhouse;Acanthaceae--Aphelandra, Beloperone, Fittonia, Jacobina-Greenhouse; Bignoniaceae--Catalpa)
    6. Campanulales (Campanulaceae--Campanula, Lobelia)
    7. Rubiales (Rubiaceae--Galium, Houstonia (Hedyotis); Coffea, Ixora, Pentas-Greenhouse)
    8. Dipsacales (Caprifoliaceae--Lonicera, Viburnum, Sambucus; Dipsacaceae--Dipsacus)
    9. Asterales (Compositae or Asteraceae--Achillea, Aster, Chrysanthemum, Eupatorium, Rudbeckia, Solidago; Senecio-Greenhouse)

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