Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-666.42.00
Carduaceae
English: Thistles.
Botany: 83 genera; 2500 species.
Taxonomy
Carduoideae is a Subfamily of Asteraceae. It is an early diverging lineage of Asteraceae. Carduoideae is monophyletic and recognised as a subfamily in older taxonomies. Carduoideae is sometimes treated as a Tribe of the Subfamily Cichoroideae.
In the Plant theory Carduoideae is placed in Subphase 2.