Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively 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 w ...
, often referred to as rattlesnake root.
Molecular analysis in 2009 revealed that the genus as traditionally envisioned is
polyphyletic
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage of organisms or other evolving elements that is of mixed evolutionary origin. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of converg ...
, meaning that it is a conglomeration of species not closely related to one another. All but one species will be moved to other genera, leaving only ''Prenanthes purpurea''. The species, sometimes called purple lettuce, is widespread across much of
Europe
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and the
Middle East
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Aetheorhiza
''Aetheorhiza'' is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1827.
There is only one known species, ''Aetheorhiza bulbosa'', the tuberous hawk's-beard, native to Europe and the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean S ...
Brickellia
''Brickellia'' is a North American genus of about 100 to 110 species of plants in the family Asteraceae, known commonly as brickellbushes. They are found in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America. Many species are native to the ...
Crepis
''Crepis'', commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus ''Hieracium'' with a similar common name), is a genus of annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Aster ...
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Emilia
Emilia may refer to:
People
* Emilia (given name), list of people with this name
Places
* Emilia (region), a historical region of Italy. Reggio, Emilia
* Emilia-Romagna, an administrative region in Italy, including the historical regions of Emi ...
Faberia
''Faberia'' is a genus of China, Chinese flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Hololeion,
Hypochaeris
''Hypochaeris'' is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. Many species are known as cat's ear. These are annual and perennial herbs generally bearing flower heads with yellow ray florets. These plants may resemble or be confused with dande ...
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Ixeris
''Ixeris'' is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.
Concepts of which species should be included in the genus have changed in recent years because of the use of molecular investigations. Numerous species formerly regarded a ...
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Kovalevskiella
''Kovalevskiella '' is a genus of Asian plants in the dandelion tribe within the sunflower family.
; Species
* '' Kovalevskiella aitchisoniana'' (Beauverd) Kamelin - Afghanistan
* '' Kovalevskiella kovalevskiana'' (Kirp.) Kamelin - Kazakhsta ...
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Lactuca
''Lactuca'', commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia.
Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce ...
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Lapsanastrum
''Lapsanastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to East Asia (China, Korea, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwe ...
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Launaea
''Launaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly refer ...
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Lygodesmia
''Lygodesmia'', called skeletonplant, is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
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Nabalus
''Nabalus'' is a genus of Asian and North American flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
''Nabalus'' is now considered the correct name for a group of plants in North America that were formerly considered to be ...
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Notoseris
''Notoseris'' is a genus of Asian flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. The plants are native to Asia, primarily China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It ...
Sonchus
''Sonchus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae and are commonly known as sow thistles (less commonly hare thistles or hare lettuces). Sowthistles are annual, biennial or perennial herbs, with or w ...
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Soroseris
''Soroseris'' is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae.
; Species
* '' Soroseris depressa'' (Hook. f. & Thomson) J.W. Zhang, N. Kilian & H. Sun - Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, Nepal
* '' Soroseris erysimoides'' (H ...
Trixis
''Trixis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to North and South America including the West Indies.
Members of the genus are commonly known as threefolds due to the outer lip of the corolla. The generic name is derived from ...
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Youngia
''Youngia'' is a genus of Asian plants in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. There are several weedy species in the genus as well as the endangered ''Youngia nilgiriensis'' from Sispara in southern India, and '' Youngia japonica' ...