List of Asteraceae genera
This is a list of genera in the plant family Asteraceae, the sunflowers.
- Acamptopappus - goldenhead
- Acanthospermum - starburr
- Achillea - yarrow
- Achyrachaena - blow wives
- Acmella - spotflower
- Acourtia - desert peony
- Acroptilon - hardheads, Russian knapweed
- Actinospermum
- Adenocaulon - trailplant
- Adenophyllum - dogweed
- Adenostemma - medicineplant
- Ageratina - snakeroot
- Ageratum - whiteweed
- Agoseris - mountain dandelion
- Almutaster - alkalai marsh aster
- Amberboa
- Amblyolepis
- Amblyopappus
- Ambrosia - bursage, ragweed
- Ampelaster - climbing aster
- Amphiachyris - broomweed
- Amphipappus - chaffbush
- Anacylus
- Anaphalis - pearly everlasting
- Ancistrocarphus - neststraw, woolly fishhooks
- Anisocoma
- Antennaria - pussytoes
- Anthemis - Roman chamomile
- Antheropeas - Easter bonnets
- Aphanostephus - doze daisy
- Arctium - burdock
- Arctotheca - capeweed
- Arctotis
- Argyranthemum - dill daisy
- Argyroxiphium - silversword
- Arnica - arnica
- Arnoglossum - Indian plaintain
- Arnoseris
- Artemisia - tarragon, sagebrush, sagewort, wormwood, mugwort
- Asanthus - brickellbush
- Aster
- Astranthium - western daisy
- Atrichoseris
- Ayapana
- Baccharis
- Bahia
- Baileya - desert marigold
- Balduina - honeycombhead
- Balsamita
- Balsamorhiza - balsamroot
- Baltimora
- Barkleyanthus - willow ragwort
- Bartlettia
- Bebbia - sweetbush
- Bellis - daisy
- Benitoa
- Berkheya
- Berlandiera - greeneyes
- Bidens - beggartick, devil's sticktight, Spanish needles
- Bigelowia - rayless goldenrod
- Blennosperma - stickyseed
- Blepharipappus
- Blepharizonia
- Blumea - false oxtongue
- Boltonia - doll's daisy
- Borrichia - seaside tansy
- Brachyactis - rayless aster
- Brachyscombe
- Bradburia
- Brickellia - brickelbush
- Brickelliastrum - brickellbush
- Brintonia - mock goldenrod
- Cacalia - Indian plantain
- Cacaliopsis
- Calendula - marigold
- Callistephus
- Calotis
- Calycadenia - western rosinweed
- Calycoseris - tackstem
- Calyptocarpus
- Canadanthus - mountain aster
- Carduus - plumeless thistle
- Carlina - carline thistle
- Carminatia
- Carphephorus - chaffhead
- Carphochaete - bristlehead
- Carthamus - distaff thistle
- Castalis
- Celmisia
- Centaurea - knapweed, star thistle
- Centipeda
- Centratherum
- Chaenactis - pincushion
- Chaetadelpha - skeletonweed
- Chaetopappa - least daisy
- Chamaechaenactis
- Chamaemelum - dogfennel
- Chamomilla - chamomilla, pineapple weed
- Chaptalia - sunbonnetts
- Chloracantha - Nesom
- Chondrilla
- Chromolaena - thoroughwort
- Chrysactinia
- Chrysanthellum
- Chrysanthemum
- Chrysogonum
- Chrysoma
- Chrysopsis - goldenaster
- Chrysothamnus - rabbitbrush
- Cichorium - chicory
- Cirsium - thistle
- Clappia - clapdaisy
- Clibadium
- Cnicus - blessed thistle
- Columbiadoria
- Complaya
- Condylidium - villalba
- Conoclinium - thoroughwort, mistflower
- Conyza - horseweed
- Coreocarpus
- Coreopsis - tickseed
- Corethrogyne - sandaster
- Cosmos
- Cotula - waterbuttons
- Crassocephalum - ragleaf
- Crepis - hawksbeard
- Critonia - thoroughwort
- Crocidium - spring-gold
- Croptilon - scratchdaisy
- Crupina
- Cyanopsis - knapweed
- Cyanthillium - ironweed
- Cymophora
- Cynara - artichoke
- Dahlia
- Delairea - capeivy
- Dendranthema - arctic daisy
- Dichaetophora
- Dicoria - twinbugs
- Dicranocarpus
- Dimeresia
- Dimorphotheca - cape marigold
- Dittrichia
- Doellingeria - whitetop
- Doronicum - false leopardbane
- Dracopis - coneflower
- Dubautia
- Dugaldia
- Dysodiopsis - dogfennel
- Dyssodia - dogweed
- Eastwoodia
- Eatonella
- Echinacea - coneflower
- Echinops - globethistle
- Eclipta
- Egletes - tropic daisy
- Elephantopus - elephantsfoot
- Eleutheranthera
- Emilia - tasselflower
- Encelia - brittlebush
- Enceliopsis - sunray
- Engelmannia - Engelmann's daisy
- Enydra - swampwort
- Erechtites - burnweed
- Ericameria - goldenbush, heath goldenrod
- Erigeron - daisy, fleabane
- Eriophyllum - woolly sunflower
- Eucephalus - aster, eucephalus
- Euchiton - cudweed
- Eupatorium - Joe-Pye weed, thoroughwort, snakeweed
- Euphrosyne
- Eurybia - Nees aster
- Euryops
- Euthamia - goldentop
- Evax - pygmy cudweed
- Ewartia
- Facelis - trampweed
- Filago - cottonrose
- Fitchia
- Flaveria - yellowtops
- Fleischmannia - thoroughwort
- Florestina
- lourensia - tarwort
- Flyriella - brickellbush
- Gaillardia - blanketflower
- Galinsoga - gallant-soldier
- Gamochaeta - everlasting
- Garberia
- Gazania
- Geraea - desert sunflower
- Gerbera - Transvaal daisy
- Glyptopleura
- Gnaphalium - cudweed
- Gochnatia
- Grindelia - gumweed
- Guardiola
- Guizotia
- Gundelia
- Gundlachia
- Gutierrezia - snakeweed
- Gymnosperma
- Gymnostyles - burrweed
- Gynura
- Haplocarpha - onefruit
- Haploesthes - false broomweed
- Hartwrightia
- Hasteola - false Indian plantain
- Hazardia - bristleweed
- Hebeclinium - thoroughwort
- Hecastocleis
- Hedypnois
- Helenium - sneezeweed
- Helianthella
- Helianthus - sunflowers
- Helichrysum - strawflower,everlasting
- Heliomeris - false goldeneye
- Heliopsis
- Helminthia
- Helminthotheca (obsolete)
- Hemizonia - tarweed
- Herrickia
- Hesperevax - dwarf-cudweed
- Hesperodoria - glowweed
- Hesperomannia - island-aster
- Heteranthemis - oxeye
- Heterosperma
- Heterotheca - false goldenaster, telegraph plant
- Hieracium - hawkweed
- Hofmeisteria
- Holocarpha - tarweed
- Holozonia
- Hulsea - alpinegold
- Hymenoclea - burrobrush, burrobush
- Hymenopappus
- Hymenothrix - thimblehead
- Hymenoxys - rubberweed
- Hypochaeris - catsear
- Ichthyothere
- Inula - yellowhead
- Ionactis - aster
- Isocarpha - pearlhead
- Isocoma - goldenbush, jimmyweed
- Iva - marshelder, sumpweed
- Ixeris
- Jamesianthus
- Jaumea
- Jefea
- Kalimeris - aster
- Keysseria
- Koanophyllon - thoroughwort
- Koyamacalia
- Krigia - dwarfdandelion
- Lactuca - lettuce
- Laennecia - laennecia, laennicia
- Lagascea
- Lagenifera - island-daisy
- Lagophylla - hareleaf
- Lapsana - nipplewort
- Lapsanastrum - nipplewort
- Lasianthaea
- Lasiospermum - cocoonhead
- Lasthenia - goldfields
- Launaea
- Layia - tidytips
- Leibnitzia - sunbonnets
- Lembertia
- Leontodon - hawkbit
- Lepidospartum - broomsage
- Leptorhynchos - scaly button
- Lessingia - vinegarweed
- Leucanthemella
- Leucanthemopsis
- Leucanthemum - daisy, oxeye daisy
- Leucochrysum - sunray
- Liatris - blazing star, gay feather
- Lindheimera
- Lipochaeta - nehe
- Litrisa
- Logfia - cottonrose
- Luina - silverback
- Lygodesmia - skeleton weed
- Machaeranthera - goldenweed, tansyaster
- Madia - tarweed
- Malacothrix - desert dandelion
- Malperia
- Mantisalca
- Marshallia - Barbara's buttons
- Matricaria - mayweed
- Megalodonta - watermarigold
- Melampodium - blackfoot
- Melanthera - squarestem
- Micropus - cottonseed
- Microseris - silverpuffs, yam daisy
- Mikania - hempvine
- Monolopia
- Monoptilon - desertstar
- Montanoa
- Mycelis
- Neurolaena
- Nicolletia - hole-in-the-sand
- Nothocalais - prairie-dandelion
- Notobasis - syrian thistle
- Oclemena - aster
- Olearia - daisy bush
- Oligoneuron - goldenrod
- Omalotheca - arctic cudweed
- Oncosiphon
- Onopordum - cotton thistle
- Oonopsis - false goldenweed
- Oreochrysum - goldenrod
- Oreostemma - aster
- Orochaenactis
- Osmadenia
- Osteospermum - daisybush
- Ozothamnus
- Packera - ragwort
- Palafoxia - palafox
- Pallenis
- Parantennaria
- Parasenecio - Indian plantain
- Parthenice
- Parthenium - feverfew
- Pascalia
- Pectis - cinchweed, fetid marigold
- Pentachaeta - pygmy daisy
- Pentzia
- Perezia
- Pericallis - ragwort
- Pericome
- Perityle - rock daisy
- Petasites - butterbur
- Petradoria - rock goldenrod
- Peucephyllum - pygmy cedar
- Phalacroseris - mock dandelion
- Phoebanthus - false sunflower
- Picradeniopsis - bahia
- Picris - oxtongue
- Picrothamnus - bud sagebrush
- Pinaropappus - rock lettuce
- Piptocarpha - ash daisy
- Piptocoma - velvetshrub
- Pityopsis - silkgrass
- Platyschkuhria - basindaisy
- Pleurocoronis
- Pluchea - camphorweed, fleabane
- Plummera
- Podocoma
- Podolepis
- Polymnia
- Porophyllum - poreleaf
- Prenanthella
- Prenanthes - rattlesnakeroot
- Prionopsis
- Proustia
- Psacalium - Indianbush
- Psathyrotes - turtleback
- Pseudelephantopus - dog's-tongue
- Pseudobahia - sunburst
- Pseudoclappia - false clapdaisy
- Pseudognaphalium - false cudweed, cudweed
- Pseudogynoxys
- Psilactis - tansyaster
- Psilocarphus - woollyheads
- Psilostrophe - paperflower
- Pterocaulon - blackroot
- Pulicaria - false fleabane
- Pyrrhopappus - desert chicory
- Pyrrocoma - goldenweed
- Pycnosorus - billy buttons, craspedia
- Rafinesquia - California chicory
- Raillardella - silvermat
- Raillardiopsis
- Rainiera
- Ratibida - prairie coneflower
- Rayjacksonia - tansyaster
- Reichardia - brighteyes
- Remya
- Rhagadiolus
- Rhodanthe - sunray
- Rigiopappus
- Rolandra - yerba de plata
- Roldana - groundsel
- Rudbeckia - coneflower
- Rugelia - Rugel's Indian plantain
- Sachsia
- Salmea - bejuco de miel
- Santolina - lavender cotton
- Sanvitalia - creeping zinnia
- Sartwellia - glowwort
- Saussurea - saw-wort
- Schkuhria - false threadleaf
- Sclerocarpus - bonebract
- Sclerolepis - bogbutton
- Scolymus - golden thistle
- Scorzonera
- Senecio - groundsel, ragwort
- Sericocarpus - whitetop aster
- Serratula - plumeless saw-wort
- Shinnersia -
- Shinnersoseris - beaked skeletonweed
- Sigesbeckia - St. Paul's wort
- Silphium - rosinweed
- Silybum - milk thistle
- Simsia - bush sunflower
- Smallanthus
- Solidago - goldenrod
- Soliva - burrweed
- Sonchus - sow thistle, sowthistle
- Sphaeromeria - chickensage
- Sphagneticola - creeping-oxeye
- Spilanthes - toothache flower
- Spiracantha - dogwoodleaf
- Stebbinsoseris - silverpuffs
- Stenotus - mock goldenweed
- Stephanomeria - wire lettuce
- Stevia - candyleaf
- Stokesia
- Struchium
- Stylocline - neststraw
- Symphyotrichum - aster
- Synedrella
- Synedrellopsis
- Synosma
- Syntrichopappus - Fremont's gold
- Tagetes - marigold
- Tamaulipa - boneset
- Tanacetum - tansy
- Taraxacum - dandelion
- Tephroseris - groundsel
- Tetradymia - horsebrush
- Tetragonotheca - nerveray
- Tetramolopium
- Tetraneuris - four-nerve daisy
- Thelechitonia.
- Thelesperma - greenthread
- Thurovia
- Thymophylla - pricklyleaf
- Tithonia
- Tolpis - umbrella milkwort
- Tonestus - serpentweed
- Townsendia - Townsend daisy
- Tracyina - Indian headdress
- Tragopogon - goat's beard, salsify
- Trichocoronis - bugheal
- Trichoptilium
- Tridax
- Trilisa
- Trimorpha - boreal daisy
- Tripleurospermum - mayweed
- Tripolium - sea aster
- Trixis - threefold
- Tussilago - coltsfoot
- Uropappus - silverpuffs
- Urospermum
- Vanclevea
- Varilla
- Venegasia
- Venidium
- Verbesina - crownbeard
- Vernonia - ironweed
- Viguiera - goldeneye
- Wedelia - creepingoxeye
- Whitneya
- Wilkesia - iliau
- Wollastonia
- Wyethia - mule-ears
- Xanthisma - sleepydaisy
- Xanthium - cocklebur
- Xanthocephalum
- Xylorhiza - woody aster
- Yermo - desert yellowhead
- Youngia
- Zaluzania
- Zexmenia
- Zinnia
and about 1050 more.
References
- 2002-09-10
- For full list, see
