This is a list of genera in the plant family Asteraceae, the sunflowers. There are about 1050 more which are not yet listed.

External links

• ITIS 35420 (http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=35420) 2002-09-10
• For full list, see Kew (http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/cgi-bin/web.dbs/genlist.pl?COMPOSITAE)

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A

• Acamptopappus - goldenhead
• Acanthospermum - starburr
• Achillea - yarrow
• Achyrachaena - blow wives
• Acmella - spotflower
• Acourtia - desert peony
• Acroptilon - hardheads, Russian knapweed
• Actinospermum
• Adenocaulon - trailplant
• Adenophyllum - dogweed
• Adenostemma - medicineplant
• Ageratina - snakeroot
• Ageratum - whiteweed
• Agoseris - mountain dandelion
• Almutaster - alkalai marsh aster
• Amberboa
• Amblyolepis
• Amblyopappus
• Ambrosia - bursage, ragweed
• Ampelaster - climbing aster
• Amphiachyris - broomweed
• Amphipappus - chaffbush
• Anacylus
• Anaphalis - pearly everlasting
• Ancistrocarphus - neststraw, woolly fishhooks
• Anisocoma
• Antennaria - pussytoes
• Anthemis - Roman chamomile
• Antheropeas - Easter bonnets
• Aphanostephus - doze daisy
• Arctium - burdock
• Arctotheca - capeweed
• Arctotis
• Argyranthemum - dill daisy
• Argyroxiphium - silversword
• Arnica - arnica
• Arnoglossum - Indian plaintain
• Arnoseris
• Artemisia - tarragon, sagebrush, sagewort, wormwood, mugwort
• Asanthus - brickellbush
• Aster
• Astranthium - western daisy
• Atractylis
• Atrichoseris
• Ayapana

B

• Baccharis
• Bahia
• Baileya - desert marigold
• Balduina - honeycombhead
• Balsamita
• Balsamorhiza - balsamroot
• Baltimora
• Barkleyanthus - willow ragwort
• Bartlettia
• Bebbia - sweetbush
• Bellis - daisy
• Benitoa
• Berkheya
• Berlandiera - greeneyes
• Bidens - beggartick, devil's sticktight, Spanish needles
• Bigelowia - rayless goldenrod
• Blennosperma - stickyseed
• Blepharipappus
• Blepharizonia
• Blumea - false oxtongue
• Boltonia - doll's daisy
• Borrichia - seaside tansy
• Brachyactis - rayless aster
• Brachyscombe
• Bradburia
• Brickellia - brickelbush
• Brickelliastrum - brickellbush
• Brintonia - mock goldenrod

C

• Cacalia - Indian plantain
• Cacaliopsis
• Calendula - marigold
• Callistephus
• Calotis
• Calycadenia - western rosinweed
• Calycoseris - tackstem
• Calyptocarpus
• Canadanthus - mountain aster
• Carduus - plumeless thistle
• Carlina - carline thistle
• Carminatia
• Carphephorus - chaffhead
• Carphochaete - bristlehead
• Carthamus - distaff thistle
• Castalis
• Celmisia
• Centaurea - knapweed, star thistle
• Centipeda
• Centratherum
• Chaenactis - pincushion
• Chaetadelpha - skeletonweed
• Chaetopappa - least daisy
• Chamaechaenactis
• Chamaemelum - dogfennel
• Chamomilla - chamomilla, pineapple weed
• Chaptalia - sunbonnetts
• Chloracantha - Nesom
• Chondrilla
• Chromolaena - thoroughwort
• Chrysactinia
• Chrysanthellum
• Chrysanthemum
• Chrysogonum
• Chrysoma
• Chrysopsis - goldenaster
• Chrysothamnus - rabbitbrush
• Cichorium - chicory
• Cirsium - thistle
• Clappia - clapdaisy
• Clibadium
• Cnicus - blessed thistle
• Columbiadoria
• Complaya
• Condylidium - villalba
• Conoclinium - thoroughwort, mistflower
• Conyza - horseweed
• Coreocarpus
• Coreopsis - tickseed
• Corethrogyne - sandaster
• Cosmos
• Cotula - waterbuttons
• Crassocephalum - ragleaf
• Crepis - hawksbeard
• Critonia - thoroughwort
• Crocidium - spring-gold
• Croptilon - scratchdaisy
• Crupina
• Cyanopsis - knapweed
• Cyanthillium - ironweed
• Cymophora
• Cynara - artichoke

D

• Dahlia
• Delairea - capeivy
• Dendranthema - arctic daisy
• Dichaetophora
• Dicoria - twinbugs
• Dicranocarpus
• Dimeresia
• Dimorphotheca - cape marigold
• Dittrichia
• Doellingeria - whitetop
• Doronicum - false leopardbane
• Dracopis - coneflower
• Dubautia
• Dugaldia
• Dysodiopsis - dogfennel
• Dyssodia - dogweed

E

• Eastwoodia
• Eatonella
• Echinacea - coneflower
• Echinops - globethistle
• Eclipta
• Egletes - tropic daisy
• Elephantopus - elephantsfoot
• Eleutheranthera
• Emilia - tasselflower
• Encelia - brittlebush
• Enceliopsis - sunray
• Engelmannia - Engelmann's daisy
• Enydra - swampwort
• Erechtites - burnweed
• Ericameria - goldenbush, heath goldenrod
• Erigeron - daisy, fleabane
• Eriophyllum - woolly sunflower, Common Wooly Sunflower
• Eucephalus - Cascade Aster, eucephalus
• Euchiton - cudweed
• Eupatorium - Joe-Pye weed, thoroughwort, snakeweed
• Euphrosyne
• Eurybia - Nees aster
• Euryops
• Euthamia - goldentop
• Evax - pygmy cudweed
• Ewartia

F

• Facelis - trampweed
• Filago - cottonrose
• Fitchia
• Flaveria - yellowtops
• Fleischmannia - thoroughwort
• Florestina
• lourensia - tarwort
• Flyriella - brickellbush

G

• Gaillardia - blanketflower
• Galinsoga - gallant-soldier
• Gamochaeta - everlasting
• Garberia
• Gazania
• Geraea - desert sunflower
• Gerbera - Gerbera or Transvaal daisy
• Glyptopleura
• Gnaphalium - cudweed
• Gochnatia
• Grindelia - gumweed
• Guardiola
• Guizotia
• Gundelia
• Gundlachia
• Gutierrezia - snakeweed
• Gymnosperma
• Gymnostyles - burrweed
• Gynura

H

• Haplocarpha - onefruit
• Haploesthes - false broomweed
• Hartwrightia
• Hasteola - false Indian plantain
• Hazardia - bristleweed
• Hebeclinium - thoroughwort
• Hecastocleis
• Hedypnois
• Helenium - sneezeweed
• Helianthella
• Helianthus - sunflowers
• Helichrysum - strawflower,everlasting
• Heliomeris - false goldeneye
• Heliopsis
• Helminthia
• Helminthotheca (obsolete)
• Hemizonia - tarweed
• Herrickia
• Hesperevax - dwarf-cudweed
• Hesperodoria - glowweed
• Hesperomannia - island-aster
• Heteranthemis - oxeye
• Heterosperma
• Heterotheca - false goldenaster, telegraph plant
• Hieracium - hawkweed
• Hofmeisteria
• Holocarpha - tarweed
• Holozonia
• Hulsea - alpinegold
• Hymenoclea - burrobrush, burrobush
• Hymenopappus
• Hymenothrix - thimblehead
• Hymenoxys - rubberweed
• Hypochaeris - catsear

I

• Ichthyothere
• Inula - yellowhead
• Ionactis - Stiff-leaved Asters
• Isocarpha - pearlhead
• Isocoma - goldenbush, jimmyweed
• Iva - marshelder, sumpweed
• Ixeris

J

• Jamesianthus
• Jaumea
• Jefea

K

• Kalimeris - aster
• Keysseria
• Koanophyllon - thoroughwort
• Koyamacalia
• Krigia - dwarfdandelion

L

• Lactuca - lettuce
• Laennecia - laennecia, laennicia
• Lagascea
• Lagenifera - island-daisy
• Lagophylla - hareleaf
• Lapsana - nipplewort
• Lapsanastrum - nipplewort
• Lasianthaea
• Lasiospermum - cocoonhead
• Lasthenia - goldfields
• Launaea
• Layia - tidytips
• Leibnitzia - sunbonnets
• Lembertia
• Leontodon - hawkbit
• Lepidospartum - broomsage
• Leptorhynchos - scaly button
• Lessingia - vinegarweed
• Leucanthemella
• Leucanthemopsis
• Leucanthemum - daisy, Oxeye daisy
• Leucochrysum - sunray
• Liatris - blazing star, gay feather
• Lindheimera
• Lipochaeta - nehe
• Litrisa
• Logfia - cottonrose
• Luina - silverback
• Lygodesmia - skeleton weed

M

• Machaeranthera - goldenweed, tansyaster
• Madia - tarweed
• Malacothrix - desert dandelion
• Malperia
• Mantisalca
• Marshallia - Barbara's buttons
• Matricaria - mayweed
• Megalodonta - watermarigold
• Melampodium - blackfoot
• Melanthera - squarestem
• Micropus - cottonseed
• Microseris - silverpuffs, yam daisy
• Mikania - hempvine
• Monolopia
• Monoptilon - desertstar
• Montanoa
• Mycelis

N

• Neurolaena
• Nicolletia - hole-in-the-sand
• Nothocalais - prairie-dandelion
• Notobasis - syrian thistle

O

• Oclemena - aster
• Olearia - daisy bush
• Oligoneuron - goldenrod
• Omalotheca - arctic cudweed
• Oncosiphon
• Onopordum - cotton thistle
• Oonopsis - false goldenweed
• Oreochrysum - goldenrod
• Oreostemma - aster
• Orochaenactis
• Osmadenia
• Osteospermum - daisybush
• Ozothamnus

P

• Packera - ragwort
• Palafoxia - palafox
• Pallenis
• Parantennaria
• Parasenecio - Indian plantain
• Parthenice
• Parthenium - feverfew
• Pascalia
• Pectis - cinchweed, fetid marigold
• Pentachaeta - pygmy daisy
• Pentzia
• Perezia
• Pericallis - ragwort
• Pericome
• Perityle - rock daisy
• Petasites - butterbur
• Petradoria - rock goldenrod
• Peucephyllum - pygmy cedar
• Phalacroseris - mock dandelion
• Phoebanthus - false sunflower
• Picradeniopsis - bahia
• Picris - oxtongue
• Picrothamnus - bud sagebrush
• Pinaropappus - rock lettuce
• Piptocarpha - ash daisy
• Piptocoma - velvetshrub
• Pityopsis - silkgrass
• Platyschkuhria - basindaisy
• Pleurocoronis
• Pluchea - camphorweed, fleabane
• Plummera
• Podocoma
• Podolepis
• Polymnia
• Porophyllum - poreleaf
• Prenanthella
• Prenanthes - rattlesnakeroot
• Prionopsis
• Proustia
• Psacalium - Indianbush
• Psathyrotes - turtleback
• Pseudelephantopus - dog's-tongue
• Pseudobahia - sunburst
• Pseudoclappia - false clapdaisy
• Pseudognaphalium - false cudweed, cudweed
• Pseudogynoxys
• Psilactis - tansyaster
• Psilocarphus - woollyheads
• Psilostrophe - paperflower
• Pterocaulon - blackroot
• Pulicaria - false fleabane
• Pyrrhopappus - desert chicory
• Pyrrocoma - goldenweed
• Pycnosorus - billy buttons, craspedia

R

• Rafinesquia - California chicory
• Raillardella - silvermat
• Raillardiopsis
• Rainiera
• Ratibida - prairie coneflower
• Rayjacksonia - tansyaster
• Reichardia - brighteyes
• Remya
• Rhagadiolus
• Rhodanthe - sunray
• Rigiopappus
• Rolandra - yerba de plata
• Roldana - groundsel
• Rudbeckia - coneflower
• Rugelia - Rugel's Indian plantain

S

• Sachsia
• Salmea - bejuco de miel
• Santolina - lavender cotton
• Sanvitalia - creeping zinnia
• Sartwellia - glowwort
• Saussurea - saw-wort
• Schkuhria - false threadleaf
• Sclerocarpus - bonebract
• Sclerolepis - bogbutton
• Scolymus - golden thistle
• Scorzonera
• Senecio - groundsel, ragwort
• Sericocarpus - whitetop aster
• Serratula - plumeless saw-wort
• Shinnersia -
• Shinnersoseris - beaked skeletonweed
• Sigesbeckia - St. Paul's wort
• Silphium - rosinweed
• Silybum - milk thistle
• Simsia - bush sunflower
• Smallanthus
• Solidago - goldenrod
• Soliva - burrweed
• Sonchus - sow thistle, sowthistle
• Sphaeromeria - chickensage
• Sphagneticola - creeping-oxeye
• Spilanthes - toothache flower
• Spiracantha - dogwoodleaf
• Stebbinsoseris - silverpuffs
• Stenotus - mock goldenweed
• Stephanomeria - wire lettuce
• Stevia - candyleaf
• Stokesia
• Struchium
• Stylocline - neststraw
• Symphyotrichum - aster
• Synedrella
• Synedrellopsis
• Synosma
• Syntrichopappus - Fremont's gold

T

• Tagetes - marigold
• Tamaulipa - boneset
• Tanacetum - tansy
• Taraxacum - dandelion
• Tephroseris - groundsel
• Tetradymia - horsebrush
• Tetragonotheca - nerveray
• Tetramolopium
• Tetraneuris - four-nerve daisy
• Thelechitonia.
• Thelesperma - greenthread
• Thurovia
• Thymophylla - pricklyleaf
• Tithonia
• Tolpis - umbrella milkwort
• Tonestus - serpentweed
• Townsendia - Townsend daisy
• Tracyina - Indian headdress
• Tragopogon - goat's beard, salsify
• Trichocoronis - bugheal
• Trichoptilium
• Tridax
• Trilisa
• Trimorpha - boreal daisy
• Tripleurospermum - mayweed
• Tripolium - sea aster
• Trixis - threefold
• Tussilago - coltsfoot

U

• Uropappus - silverpuffs
• Urospermum

V

• Vanclevea
• Varilla
• Venegasia
• Venidium
• Verbesina - crownbeard
• Vernonia - ironweed
• Viguiera - goldeneye

W

• Wedelia - creepingoxeye
• Whitneya
• Wilkesia - iliau
• Wollastonia
• Wyethia - mule-ears

X

• Xanthisma - sleepydaisy
• Xanthium - cocklebur
• Xanthocephalum
• Xylorhiza - woody aster

Y

• Yermo - desert yellowhead
• Youngia

Z

• Zaluzania
• Zexmenia
• Zinnia

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