subclass asteridae

Noun (1)

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 superorderSynonyms: AsteridaeType of classMember of Dicotyledones, class DicotyledonesMembers Campanulales, Polemoniales, Rubiales, asterid dicot genus, asterid dicot family