Asterales
Translingual
Etymology
Aster + -ales
Proper noun
Asterales
- A taxonomic order within the clade asterids – many dicotyledonous plants including aster, sunflower, zinnia, lettuce, artichoke and dandelion, distinguished from others in the clade euasterids II by the presence in the plants of oligosaccharide inulin, a nutrient storage molecule used instead of starch and unique stamen morphology.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, campanulids - clades
Hyponyms
- (order): Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, Asteraceae (composites), Calyceraceae, Campanulaceae (bellflowers), Goodeniaceae, Menyanthaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Phellinaceae, Rousseaceae, Stylidiaceae (trigger plant family) - families
References
Asterales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Asterales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Asterales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521