Subclass Asteridae

Order Rubiales
Family Rubiaceae

Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae

Family Rubiaceae
 Commonly known as coffee family
 Contains about 13,500 species in about 620 genera
 Stipules are interpetiolar
 Have inferior ovaries

Coffea arabica Mussaenda philippica Ixora coccinea

Ixora leytensis Family Asteraceae

 The largest plant family with 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900
genera distributed all over the world.
 It includes shrubs, perennials, and annuals, but not trees or aquatics.
 Leaves are often undivided and spoon-shaped.
 Stems are herbaceous, cylindrical, and hairy.
 Most distinguishing feature is their inflorescence: Head/Capitulum
 Some members of this family are made up of only disc florets (Ex. Thistles)
or only ray florets (Ex. Dandelion)

Bellis perennis Tagetes erecta Lactuca sativa

Tridax Helianthus annuus

procumbens