Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants which includes daisies, sunflowers and asters, are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family comprises around 34,000 species, ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- A beautifully preserved fossil identified as being of an early relative of the Asteraceae, or aster, family nearly 50 million years old suggests the plant family, which has now ...

The Asteraceae family is one of the largest plant families in the world. Its 20,000-plus members are found on every continent but Antarctica and include daisies, sunflowers, dandelions, lettuce and ...

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with affiliations to research facilities in Argentina, the U.K. and New Zealand, has confirmed that fossilized pollen grains found in Antarctica are members of the ...

A 45 million-year-old fossil flower found in northern Argentina has uncovered the evolutionary roots of Earth's most populous plant family. Called Asteraceae, the family includes dozens of ...

The sunflower or daisy family, Asteraceae, comprises of approximately 10% of all angiosperm species. Their inflorescences form dense flower-like structures, pseudanthia or false flowers that may ...

The Asteraceae constitute one of the largest and most diverse families of flowering plants, encompassing economically important crops, ornamentals and medicinal species. Chloroplast genome ...

Our current research focuses on understanding patterning of the inflorescence meristems, and how they drive the development of the unique, flower-mimicking inflorescences in Asteraceae. We also focus ...

The Asteraceae, or daisy family, represents one of the most species-rich and economically important angiosperm families, encompassing taxa ranging from staple crops and ornamentals to ...