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Asterales

The Asterales are an order of flowering plants, including the daisy or composite family, Asteraceae. Under the Cronquist system this was the only family in the group, but newer systems have expanded it:

Asteraceae (daisy family, about 489 genera)
Calyceraceae[?]
Goodeniaceae[?]
Menyanthaceae[?]
Alseuosmiaceae[?]
Argophyllaceae[?]
Phellinaceae[?]
Stylidiaceae[?]
Donatiaceae[?]
Carpodetaceae[?]
Rousseaceae[?]
Pentaphragmaceae[?]
Campulanaceae[?] ((bellflower[?] family)
Lobeliaceae[?]

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