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asterids

asterids

Translingual

Proper noun

asterids

A taxonomic clade within the clade core eudicots.

Usage notes

name used in the APG (1998), APG II (2003), and APG III (2009) systems for one of the principal clades accepted in the system.
In practice the cause of some confusion as non-botanists tend to confuse it with a botanical name, with a formal rank.

Hypernyms

(clade): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades

Hyponyms

(clade): euasterids I, euasterids II - clades; Cornales, Ericales - orders with members not assigned to clades