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Noun: subclass Asteridae
  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
    - Asteridae

Type of: class

Part of: class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida

Nearest

subception
subclass
subclass Acnidosporidia
subclass Actinopoda
subclass Alismatidae
subclass Amphineura
subclass Anapsida
subclass Archaeornithes
subclass Archosauria
subclass Arecidae
subclass Asteridae
subclass Branchiopoda
subclass Caryophyllidae
subclass Cirripedia
subclass Cnidosporidia
subclass Commelinidae
subclass Copepoda
subclass Crossopterygii
subclass Diapsida
subclass Dibranchia
subclass Dibranchiata