The document summarizes key aspects of several orders within the asterid clade of flowering plants. It describes diagnostic features, examples, and distributions for representative families within the orders of Garryales, Boraginales, Gentianales, Lamiales, and Solanales. These include trees, shrubs, herbs and vines with opposite, whorled or spiral leaves, and flowers ranging from bilateral to radial symmetry. Fruits include capsules, berries, drupes and schizocarps.

2. Carlemanniaceae Sphenocleaceae Calceolariaceae Solanceae Byblidaceae Montiniaceae Bignoniaceae Hydroleaceae Acanthaceae Convolvulaceae 4. Lamiales 5. Solanales Rubiaceae Verbenaceae Loganiaceae Tomandersiaceae Gentianaceae Tetrachondraceae Gelsemiaceae Stilbaceae Apocynaceae Scrophulariaceae 3. Gentianales Schlegiaceae Hydrophyllaceae Plocospermataceae Hoplestigmataceae Plantaginaceae Ehretiaceae Phyrmaceae Boraginaceae Pedaliaceae 2. Boraginales Paulowniaceae Vahliaceae Orobanchaceae Oncothecaceae Oleaceae Metteniusaceae Martyniaceae Icacinaceae Linderniaceae Unplaced Taxa Lentibulariaceae Garryaceae Lamiaceae Eucommiaceae Gesneriaceae 1. Garryales LAMIIDS

5. Aucuba japonica Garrya elliptica Garrya fremontii Eucommia ulmoides Euasterids I

7. Heliotropium ellipticum Lithospermum ruderale Echium wildpretii Anchusa officinalis

8. Cynoglossum grande Heliotropium amplexicaule Source: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/boragin.htm Euasterids I

10. Plumiera acutifolia Allamanda cathartica Asclepias tuberosa Hoya luzonica

11. Asclepias tuberosa Source: http://www.missouriplants.com/Redalt/Asclepias_tuberosa_page.html

13. Gentiana linearis Gentiana lutea Chironia linoides Gentiana cruciata

15. Gomphocarpus physocarpus Coffea arabica Mussaenda philippica Morinda citrifolia Euasterids I

17. Pachystachys lutea Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Ruellia tuberosa Barleria obtusa

19. Tecoma stans Spathodea campanulata Campsis radicans Jacaranda mimosaefolia

21. Lavandula stoechas Leonurus cardiaca Ocimum sanctum Mentha spicata

23. Jasminum officinale Jasminum polyanthum Jasminum sambac Source: http://www.gardening.eu/plants/Climber-plants/Jasminum-sambac/3424/

25. Angelonia gardneri Hebe vernicosa Penstemon whippleanus Penstemon secundiflorus

27. Galvezia ballii Collinsia parviflora Source: http://wildflowerswest.org/wildflowers_blue_purple_page_7.htm?thumb1093

29. Lantana camara Clerodendrum thomsoniae Vitex negundo Petrea volubilis Euasterids I

31. Ipomoea alba Ipomoea purpurea Turbina corymbosa Ipomoea batatas http://www.botany.wisc.edu/garden/UW-Botanical_Garden/Ipomoea_p.html

33. Petunia sp. Capsicum annum Nicotiana tabacum Solanum tuberosum Euasterids I