Asteraceae (Aster Family

PRUSKI, J. F. Y G. SANCHO

Flowering Plant Families of the Neotropics

Princeton University Press

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2004; p. 33 - 39

Numbers of genera and species. Asteraceae are among the largest families of flowering plants with approximately 1,535 genera and 23,000-32,000 species worldwide (about 8-10% of  the angiosperms). In tropical America, there are approximately 580 genera and 8,040 species...