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Scientific Classification

Division: Spermatophyta

Sub-Division :Angiosperms

Class: Dicotyledons

Series : Inferae

Order: Asterales

Family: Asteraceae

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ASTARACEAE

DR.BOJJA ADINARAYANA M.Sc;Ph.D. Department of Botany

Government Degree College

RAJAMPETA

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Astareceae is also called as Composite. Large and wellknown �family in flowering pllants. It has 950 genera and 20,000 species and �cosmopolitan intheir distribution.

Habit :Herbaceous annuals or shrubs. Outer surface of the plants is

covered with hairs.

Root: Taproot system and profusely branched.

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