Translingual

Proper noun

Asterales

1. 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): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades

Hyponyms

• (order): Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, Asteraceae (composites), Calyceraceae, Campanulaceae (bellflowers), Goodeniaceae, Menyanthaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, Phellinaceae, Rousseaceae, Stylidiaceae (trigger plant family) - families

References

• 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