Crescentia; genus Crescentia (a genus of tropical American trees of the family Bignoniaceae; has a short trunk and crooked limbs and drooping branches)
genus Gesneria (large genus of tropical American herbs having showy tubular flowers)
genus Achimenes (genus of tropical perennial American herbs)
genus Aeschynanthus (large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants)
genus Nemophila (genus of ornamental chiefly California herbs: baby blue-eyes)
genus Coleus (genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon)
genus Rubia; Rubia (type genus of the Rubiaceae; Old World herbs and subshrubs grown for their medicinal properties and for dye substances extracted from their roots)
genus Ursinia (genus of South African herbs and shrubs cultivated as ornamentals)
genus Verbesina; Verbesina (herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris)
genus Tussilago; Tussilago (genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites)
genus Digitalis (genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers)
genus Gerardia (genus of annual or perennial herbs with showy pink or purple or yellow flowers; plants often assigned to genera Aureolaria or Agalinis)
Agalinis; genus Agalinis (semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies)
genus Linaria; Linaria (genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon)
genus Penstemon; Penstemon (large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America)
Aureolaria; genus Aureolaria (small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia)
genus Calceolaria (large genus of tropical American herbs and shrubs with showy cymose flowers)
genus Sideritis; Sideritis (genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region)
genus Solenostemon; Solenostemon (genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia; includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus)
genus Stachys; Stachys (large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia)
genus Engelmannia (one species: North American herbs that resemble sunflowers)
genus Erechtites (coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus)
Erigeron; genus Erigeron (cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally)
genus Chrysanthemum (in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum)
genus Chaenactis (genus of flowering herbs of western United States)
Antennaria; genus Antennaria (small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles)
genus Arnica (large genus of herbs of north temperate and arctic regions)
genus Andryala (genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area)
Anaphalis; genus Anaphalis (genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting)
genus Achillea (perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow; milfoil)
Acroclinium; genus Acroclinium (genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum)
Ageratina; genus Ageratina (annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America)
genus Ageratum (genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers)
Amberboa; genus Amberboa (herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers)
genus Ambrosia (comprising the ragweeds; in some classification considered the type genus of a separate family Ambrosiaceae)
genus Ammobium (small genus of Australian herbs grown for their flowers)
genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)
Cacalia; genus Cacalia (genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor; in some classifications includes many plants usually placed in genus Emilia)
genus Aster (large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers)
Baccharis; genus Baccharis (shrubs of western hemisphere often having honey-scented flowers followed by silky thistlelike heads of tiny fruits; often used for erosion control)
Balsamorhiza; genus Balsamorhiza (genus of coarse western American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam)
Boltonia; genus Boltonia (genus of tall leafy perennial herbs of eastern America and eastern Asia having flowers that resemble asters)
Brachycome; genus Brachycome (mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads)
Brickellia; genus Brickelia (genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath)
genus Petasites; Petasites (genus of rhizomatous herbs of north temperate regions: butterbur; sweet coltsfoot)
genus Picris; Picris (genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed)
genus Pilosella; Pilosella (genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium)
genus Piqueria; Piqueria (small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia)
genus Prenanthes; Prenanthes (genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus)
genus Tanacetum; Tanacetum (a large genus of plants resembling chrysanthemums; comprises some plants often included in other genera especially genus Chrysanthemum)
genus Taraxacum; Taraxacum (an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions)
genus Seriphidium; Seriphidium (woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia)
genus Serratula; Serratula (genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves)
genus Hieracium; Hieracium (large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella)
genus Haastia; Haastia (genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep)
genus Haplopappus; Haplopappus (genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia)
genus Hazardia; Hazardia (small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature)
genus Helenium; Helenium (genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds)
genus Helianthus (genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers)
genus Helichrysum; Helichrysum (large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus)
genus Helipterum; Helipterum (genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma)
genus Lagenophera; Lagenophera (small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solitary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis)
genus Madia; Madia (genus of sticky herbs with yellow flowers open in morning or evening but closed in bright light)
genus Matricaria; Matricaria (chiefly Old World strong-smelling weedy herbs; comprises plants sometimes included in other genera: e.g. Tanacetum; Tripleurospermum)
Holonyms ("asterid dicot genus" is a member of...):
Asteridae; subclass Asteridae (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)
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