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Flower Gardening question: The largest family of the flowering plants? More than likely Compositeae, plants with compound flowers like chrysanthemum, ...
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Asteraceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The family Asteraceae or Compositae (known as the aster , daisy , or sunflower family ) is the second largest family of flowering plants, in terms of number of species. The name Asteraceae ...
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The three largest flowering plant families containing the greatest number of species are the sunflower family (Asteraceae) with about 24,000 species, the orchid family (Orchidaceae) with about 20,000 species, and the legume or pea family (Fabaceae) with 18,000 species.
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The largest family of flowering plants is the ubiquitous sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae). According to James L. Reveal of the University of Maryland (personal communication, 2000), the family contains nearly 1550 genera and 24,000 species. ... The Largest Plant Family On Earth...
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Students in Biology 211 learn to recognize on sight the family membership of specimens representing 60 flowering plant families. To assist in the process of learning the patterns that characterize these families, this set of pages with photographs of representatives and family descriptions has been prepared.
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www.colby.edu/info.tech/BI211/Families.html
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Flowering Plant Family Identification ... This WWW form is an implementation of the Hansen and Rahn punched card system for flowering plant family identification (Hansen, B., and K. Rahn. 1969. Determination of angiosperm families by means of a punched-card system.
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Non-Flowering Plant Family Access Page ... Select a family for information and photos. The full-sized images linked to thumbnail images on the subsequent pages are nearly all in one of three formats: 600x400, 400x600, or 400x400 pixels. File sizes are mostly in the range of 50-250 ... Plant Family Access Page | Home Page...
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www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/nfpfamilies.htm
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A 200-year-old riddle over what family the worlds largest flowering plant belongs to has finally been solved, scientists claim. ... Other plants in its extended family tree include the rubber tree, castor oil plant and cassava shrub.
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The orchid family (Orchidaceae) has about 700 genera and some 20 000 to 35 000 species, making it the largest family of flowering plants. The plant's structure is unique, in that the male and female parts are ... Most orchids have a single flower that is specially adapted for pollination by insects. The lower of the three...
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