In naturally occurring sexual plants, the formation of unreduced megagametophytes, or apomeiosis, is infrequent except in ephemeral interspecific hybrids. None-the-less, apomeiosis is considered to be ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 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 ...

Diversity of Asteraceae shown by representative species from the genera sampled in this study from six tribes across the family.

How does the classical ABCE model of flower development apply in Asteraceae? The presence of three distinct types of flowers in its inflorescence (ray, trans and disc flowers) makes Gerbera a unique ...