Asteraceae

Family: Asteraceae

Conserved name of the family: Compositae

Popular name of the family: The Sunflower Family

The family Asteraceae is the biggest among the families in angiosperm. It comprises 1100 genera and nearly 20000 species, and is distributed throughout the world. In Bangladesh, around 71 genera and 130 species are found to be grown.

Taxonomic Position (According to Cronquist system)

Kingdom        : Plantae

Division          : Magnoliophyta

Class               : Magnoliopsida

Subclass          : Asteridae

Order              : Asterales

Family              : Asterceae

Table 1 Common economic important crops of this family