Asteraceae Sunflower Family

It's the spines. New research shows that the spiny pollen from plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) both reduces infection of a common bee parasite by 81 -- 94% and markedly increases the ...

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It’s the spines. This is the conclusion of two new papers, led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, showing that the spiny pollen from plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) ...

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 ...

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The sunflower plant family (Asteraceae) is characterized by head-like inflorescences (capitula) that resemble single solitary flowers but are typically composed of tens to hundreds of flowers that are ...

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insider.si.edu: The sunflower family (Asteraceae) of British Columbia / by George W. Douglas ; illustrations by Elizabeth J. Stephen

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The sunflower family (Asteraceae) of British Columbia / by George W. Douglas ; illustrations by Elizabeth J. Stephen

insider.si.edu: The sunflower family : a guide to the family Asteraceae in the contiguous United States / Richard Spellenberg, Naida Zucker

The sunflower family : a guide to the family Asteraceae in the contiguous United States / Richard Spellenberg, Naida Zucker

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 ...

A study explores the origin and diversification of the sunflower family of flowering plants. The sunflower family, composed of an estimated 25,000-30,000 species, accounts for nearly 10% of all ...