Synantherology is a branch of botany that deals with the study of the plant family Asteraceae (also called Compositae). The name of the field refers to the fused anthers possessed by members of the family, and recalls an old French name, synantherées, for the family.[citation needed]
Although many of the plants of the Asteraceae were described for the European community at least as long ago as Theophrastus,[1] an organization of the family into tribes, which remained largely stable throughout the 20th century, was published in 1873 by George Bentham.[2]
In a 1970 article titled "The New Synantherology", Harold E. Robinson advocated greater attention to microstructures (studied with the compound light microscope). He was not the first, as Alexandre de Cassini and others of the 19th century split species based on fine distinctions of microstructure, a tendency which Bentham found excessive.[3]
Noted United States synantherologists include:[citation needed]
^Panero, JL; VA Funk (2002-12-30). (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Biological Society of Washington. 115 (4): 909–922. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-14. Retrieved 2007-08-12.
^Randall W. Scott (Feb 1985). "Microcharacters as Generic Markers in the Eupatorieae". Taxon. 34 (1): 26–30. doi:10.2307/1221560. JSTOR 1221560.
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