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Which Asterales family has the greatest number of species?
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Asterales
True, or English, daisy (Bellis perennis).
Within the order Asterales, the family with the greatest number of species is Asteraceae.1
Also known as the aster, daisy, or composite family, Asteraceae comprises more than 25,000 species of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants. It is one of the largest families of angiosperms, second only to Orchidaceae in total species count across all plant families. While the order Asterales contains 11 families and approximately 26,870 species in total, the vast majority of these are contained within Asteraceae and Campanulaceae.21