Subfamily

Cichorioideae (Chicories, dandelions, and allies)

Hieracium albiflorum. Photo: (c) Don Loarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

The Cichorioideae are a subfamily of the family Asteraceae of flowering plants. Familiar members of Cichorioideae include lettuce, dandelions, chicory and Gazania species. The subfamily comprises about 240 genera and about 2900 species. It is heterogeneous and hard to characterize except with molecular characters.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
        Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
        Subfamily: Cichorioideae (Chicories, dandelions, and allies)
        Tribe: Cichorieae (Lettuce, chicory, dandelion and salsify tribe) (4)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Cichorieae (Lettuce, chicory, dandelion and salsify tribe)

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