asteridae

Noun
  1. A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels;
    Contains 43 families including Campanulales;
    Solanaceae;
    Scrophulariaceae;
    Labiatae;
    Verbenaceae;
    Rubiaceae;
    Compositae;
    Sometimes classified as a superorder (synset 111931304)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym:
    • asterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    • asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    • campanulales, order campanulales - an order of plants of the subclass Asteridae including: Campanulaceae; Lobeliaceae; Cucurbitaceae; Goodeniaceae; Compositae
    • order rubiales, rubiales - an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary
    • order polemoniales, polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophulariales
    belongs to: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae
    same as: subclass asteridae

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