The family Asteraceae, with the original name Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae were first described in the year 1740. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchidaceae, and which is the larger family is unclear as the quantity of extant species in each family is unknown.
Tagetes is a genus of 50 species of annual or perennial, mostly herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. They are among several groups of plants known in English as marigolds. The genus Tagetes was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Harold Ernest Robinson was an American botanist and entomologist.
Malperia is a North American plant genus in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Asteroideae is a subfamily of the plant family Asteraceae. It contains about 70% of the species of the family. It consists of several tribes, including Astereae, Calenduleae, Eupatorieae, Gnaphalieae, Heliantheae, Senecioneae and Tageteae. Asteroideae contains plants found all over the world, many of which are shrubby. There are about 1,135 genera and 17,200 species within this subfamily; the largest genera by number of species are Helichrysum (500–600) and Artemisia (550).
Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Nesomia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
Revealia is a genus of Mexican plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. The only known species is Revealia macrocephala, native to the Mexican State of Guerrero.
Urbinella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Chrysactinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and to the southwestern United States.
Guy L. Nesom is an American writer and botanist.
Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Coahuila, and Durango in north-central Mexico.
Brickellia hastata is a North American species of shrubs in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the state of Baja California Sur in western Mexico.
Brickellia urolepis is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.
Brickellia subuligera is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of northern and central Mexico, from Tamaulipas west to Chihuahua and south as far as Guerrero.
Brickellia seemannii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico in the state of Sinaloa.
Brickellia oreithales is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern and western Mexico, states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, and Zacatecas.
Steviopsis nesomii is a species of Mexican plants in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the State of Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico.
Conoclinium mayfieldii is a Mexican species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It has a discontinuous distribution, found in the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua and Durango, and also in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Tamaulipas. These two mountain ranges are separated by the Chihuahuan Desert, 400 km wide.
Heliopsis buphthalmoides is a New World species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is the only member of its genus native to both North America and South America. It is found in Mexico, all 7 countries of Central America, and western South America.
