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ASTERID DICOT GENUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("asterid dicot genus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "asterid dicot genus"):
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)
Anacyclus; genus Anacyclus (a Spanish pellitory)
Anaphalis; genus Anaphalis (a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting)
genus Andryala (a genus of hardy hairy latex-producing perennials of Mediterranean area)
Antennaria; genus Antennaria (small woolly perennial herbs having small whitish discoid flowers surrounded by a ring of club-shaped bristles)
Anthemis; genus Anthemis (dog fennel)
Antheropeas; genus Antheropeas (small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum)
Arctium; genus Arctium (burdock)
Arctotis; genus Arctotis (herbs and subshrubs: African daisy)
Argyranthemum; genus Argyranthemum (comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum)
Argyroxiphium; genus Argyroxiphium (small genus of Hawaiian spreading and rosette-forming shrubs)
genus Arnica (large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions)
Arnoseris; genus Arnoseris (lamb succory)
genus Artemisia (usually aromatic shrubs or herbs of north temperate regions and South Africa and western South America: wormwood; sagebrush; mugwort; tarragon)
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)
Bellis; genus Bellis (daisy)
Bidens; genus Bidens (bur marigolds)
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)
Buphthalmum; genus Buphthalmum (oxeye)
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 Calendula (marigold)
Callistephus; genus Callistephus (one species: erect Asiatic herb with large flowers)
Carduus; genus Carduus (genus of annual or perennial Old World prickly thistles)
Carlina; genus Carlina (genus of Mediterranean thistles)
Carthamus; genus Carthamus (safflower)
genus Catananche (genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart)
Centaurea; genus Centaurea (knapweed; star thistle)
Chamaemelum; genus Chamaemelum (small genus of plants sometimes included in genus Anthemis: chamomile)
genus Chaenactis (genus of flowering herbs of western United States)
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)
Chrysopsis; genus Chrysopsis (golden aster)
Chrysothamnus; genus Chrysothamnus (genus of low branching shrubs of western North America)
Cichorium; genus Cichorium (chicory)
Cirsium; genus Cirsium (plume thistles)
Cnicus; genus Cnicus (one species: blessed thistle)
Conoclinium; genus Conoclinium (mistflower)
Conyza; genus Conyza (common American weed or wildflower)
genus Coreopsis (genus of American plants widely cultivated for their flowers)
subgenus Calliopsis (used in some classification systems for some plants of genus Coreopsis)
genus Cosmos (genus of tropical American plants cultivated for their colorful flowers)
Cotula; genus Cotula (cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers)
Craspedia; genus Craspedia (herbs of Australia and New Zealand)
Crepis; genus Crepis (hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere)
Cynara; genus Cynara (artichoke; cardoon)
genus Dahlia (genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America)
Delairea; genus Delairea (one species: German ivy)
Dendranthema; genus Dendranthema (comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum)
Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca (South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers)
Doronicum; genus Doronicum (genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane)
Echinacea; genus Echinacea (small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs)
Echinops; genus Echinops (genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles)
Elephantopus; genus Elephantopus (perennial American herb)
Emilia; genus Emilia (tropical African herbs)
Encelia; genus Encelia (genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush)
Enceliopsis; genus Enceliopsis (small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States)
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)
Eriophyllum; genus Eriophyllum (genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America)
Eupatorium; genus Eupatorium (large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers)
Felicia; genus Felicia (genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers)
genus Filago (genus of small woolly herbs)
genus Gaillardia (genus of western American hairy herbs with showy flowers)
genus Gazania (genus of tomentose tropical African herbs with milky sap)
genus Gerbera; Gerbera (genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies)
genus Gerea; Gerea (small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers)
genus Gnaphalium; Gnaphalium (large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres)
genus Grindelia; Grindelia (large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America)
genus Gutierrezia; Gutierrezia (sticky perennial herbs and subshrubs of western North America and warm South America)
genus Gynura; Gynura (genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants)
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 Heliopsis (oxeye)
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 Heterotheca; Heterotheca (genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs)
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 Homogyne; Homogyne (small genus of low perennial herbs of montane Europe; in some classifications included in genus Tussilago)
genus Hulsea; Hulsea (small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; Pacific coast of the northwestern United States)
genus Hyalosperma; Hyalosperma (genus of herbs of temperate Australia including some from genus Helipterum)
genus Hypochaeris; genus Hypochoeris; Hypochaeris; Hypochoeris (widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds)
genus Inula (genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane)
genus Iva (small genus of American herbs or shrubs; in some classifications placed in a separate family Ambrosiaceae)
genus Krigia (small herbs closely related to chicory: dwarf dandelions)
genus Lactuca; Lactuca (an herb with milky juice: lettuce; prickly lettuce)
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 Lasthenia; Lasthenia (small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America)
genus Layia; Layia (genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers)
genus Leontodon; Leontodon (hawkbit)
genus Leontopodium; Leontopodium (edelweiss)
genus Leucanthemum; Leucanthemum (comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum)
genus Leucogenes; Leucogenes (New Zealand edelweiss)
genus Liatris; Liatris (genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots)
genus Ligularia; Ligularia (genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants)
genus Lindheimera; Lindheimera (one species: Texas star)
genus Lonas; Lonas (one species: yellow ageratum)
genus Machaeranthera; Machaeranthera (wildflowers of western North America)
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)
genus Melampodium; Melampodium (herbs and subshrubs of warm North America)
genus Mikania; Mikania (large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America)
genus Mutisia (genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses)
genus Nabalus; Nabalus (genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes)
genus Olearia; Olearia (large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers)
genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum (a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers)
genus Othonna (genus of western African herbs or shrubs)
genus Ozothamnus; Ozothamnus (genus of Australian shrubs and perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Helichrysum)
genus Packera; Packera (genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio)
genus Parthenium; Parthenium (small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers)
genus Pericallis; Pericallis (cineraria)
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 Pteropogon (genus of Australian and South African herbs including some from genus Helipterum)
genus Pulicaria; Pulicaria (genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane)
genus Pyrethrum; Pyrethrum (used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum)
genus Raoulia; Raoulia (genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia)
genus Ratibida; Ratibida (genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads)
genus Rhodanthe (genus of xerophytic herbs and shrubs of South Africa and Australia; sometimes included in genus Helipterum)
genus Rudbeckia; Rudbeckia (North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads)
genus Santolina; Santolina (genus of Mediterranean subshrubs with rayless flower heads)
genus Sanvitalia; Sanvitalia (small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia)
genus Saussurea; Saussurea (genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia)
genus Scolymus; Scolymus (small genus of thistlelike herbs of the Mediterranean region)
genus Senecio; Senecio (enormous and diverse cosmopolitan genus of trees and shrubs and vines and herbs including many weeds)
genus Scorzonera (genus of narrow-leaved European herbs)
genus Sericocarpus; Sericocarpus (small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters)
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 Silphium; Silphium (tall North American perennial herbs)
genus Silybum; Silybum (small genus of east African herbs)
genus Solidago; Solidago (goldenrod)
genus Sonchus; Sonchus (sow thistles)
genus Stenotus; Stenotus (genus of western North American low evergreen shrubs growing in dense tufts)
genus Stevia (genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas)
genus Stokesia; Stokesia (one species: stokes' aster)
genus Tagetes; Tageteste (marigolds)
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 Tetraneuris; Tetraneuris (genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States)
genus Tithonia (genus of robust herbs of Mexico and Central America: Mexican sunflower)
genus Townsendia; Townsendia (genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy)
genus Tragopogon; Tragopogon (genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads)
genus Trilisa; Trilisa (genus of herbs of southern United States)
genus Tripleurospermum; Tripleurospermum (small genus comprising plants often included in genus Matricaria)
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 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)
Actinomeris; genus Actinomeris (used in some classification systems for plants now included in genus Verbesina)
genus Vernonia (genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers)
genus Wyethia (coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States)
genus Xanthium; Xanthium (coarse herbs having small heads of greenish flowers followed by burrs with hooked bristles)
genus Xeranthemum (genus of annual densely hairy herbs of Mediterranean to southwestern Asia)
genus Zinnia (genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers)
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)
Asperula; genus Asperula (woodruff)
Calycophyllum; genus Calycophyllum (medium to large tropical American trees having shiny reddish-brown shredding bark)
Chiococca; genus Chiococca (shrubs of tropical and subtropical New World)
Coffea; genus Coffea (coffee trees)
genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)
Galium; genus Galium (annual or perennial herbs: bedstraw; cleavers)
genus Gardenia (large genus of attractive Old World tropical shrubs and small trees)
genus Genipa (tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs bearing yellow flowers and succulent edible fruit with a thick rind)
genus Hamelia (evergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees)
genus Mitchella; Mitchella (creeping evergreen herbs of North America)
genus Nauclea; Nauclea (small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves)
genus Pinckneya; Pinckneya (small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America)
genus Psychotria; Psychotria (tropical chiefly South American shrubs and trees)
genus Sarcocephalus; Sarcocephalus (genus of tropical African trees and shrubs)
genus Vangueria; Vangueria (tropical African and Asiatic trees and shrubs having one-seeded fruit)
genus Abelia (chiefly east Asian shrubs)
Diervilla; genus Diervilla (small genus of low deciduous shrubs: bush honeysuckles)
genus Kolkwitzia; Kolkwitzia (Chinese genus of 1 species: beauty bush)
genus Leycesteria; Leycesteria (small species of shrubs of western Himalayas to China)
genus Linnaea; Linnaea (one species: twinflower)
genus Lonicera; Lonicera (woodbine)
genus Symphoricarpos; Symphoricarpos (deciduous shrubs of North America and Central America and China)
genus Sambucus; Sambucus (elder; elderberry)
genus Triostium; Triostium (genus of Asiatic and North American herbs: feverroot)
genus Viburnum; Viburnum (deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees: arrow-wood; wayfaring tree)
genus Weigela (east Asian flowering shrubs)
Dipsacus; genus Dipsacus (type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel)
genus Scabiosa (annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly Mediterranean)
genus Polemonium (type genus of the Polemoniaceae)
genus Acanthus (bear's breeches)
genus Graptophyllum; Graptophyllum (caricature plant)
genus Thunbergia; Thunbergia (a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae)
Bignonia; genus Bignonia (one species: cross vine)
genus Catalpa (a dicotyledonous genus of plants belonging to the family Bignoniaceae; has large flowers (white or mottled) and long terete pods)
Chilopsis; genus Chilopsis (one species: desert willow)
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)
Alsobia; genus Alsobia (tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia)
genus Columnea (genus of tropical American subshrubs and lianas)
genus Episcia (genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage)
genus Gloxinia (small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers)
genus Kohleria (genus of tropical American shrubs)
genus Saintpaulia; Saintpaulia (east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated)
genus Sinningia; Sinningia (genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America)
genus Streptocarpus (large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose)
genus Hydrophyllum; Hydrophyllum (waterleaf)
Emmanthe; genus Emmanthe (one species: yellow bells)
Eriodictyon; genus Eriodictyon (small genus of evergreen shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico)
genus Nemophila (genus of ornamental chiefly California herbs: baby blue-eyes)
genus Phacelia (American herbs with usually pinnatifid leaves and blue or purple or white flowers in scorpioid cymes)
genus Pholistoma; Pholistoma (straggling herbs of southwestern United States)
Acinos; genus Acinos (plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha)
Agastache; genus Agastache (giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop)
Ajuga; genus Ajuga (bugle)
Ballota; genus Ballota (perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound)
Blephilia; genus Blephilia (small genus of North American herbs: wood mints)
Calamintha; genus Calamintha (calamint)
Clinopodium; genus Clinopodium (wild basil)
Collinsonia; genus Collinsonia (small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States)
genus Coleus (genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or Solenostemon)
Conradina; genus Conradina (small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States)
Dracocephalum; genus Dracocephalum (genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads)
genus Elsholtzia (genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbs)
Galeopsis; genus Galeopsis (erect annual European herbs)
genus Glechoma; Glechoma (ground ivy)
genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma (small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal))
genus Hyssopus; Hyssopus (Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs)
genus Lamium; Lamium (genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits)
genus Lavandula; Lavandula (lavender)
genus Leonotis; Leonotis (small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa)
genus Leonurus; Leonurus (genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls)
genus Lepechinia; genus Sphacele; Lepechinia; Sphacele (a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae)
genus Lycopus; Lycopus (small genus of herbs of the mint family)
genus Origanum (a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae)
genus Majorana; Majorana (small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum)
genus Marrubium; Marrubium (Old World aromatic herbs: horehound)
genus Melissa; Melissa (a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae)
genus Mentha; Mentha (mint plants)
genus Micromeria; Micromeria (large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs)
genus Molucella; Molucella (small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated)
genus Monarda (wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm)
genus Nepeta; Nepeta (catmint)
genus Ocimum; Ocimum (basil)
genus Perilla; Perilla (small genus of Asiatic herbs)
genus Phlomis (large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves)
genus Physostegia (genus of North American perennial herbs)
genus Plectranthus (large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleus)
genus Pogostemon; Pogostemon (genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil)
genus Prunella; Prunella (small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers)
genus Koellia; genus Pycnanthemum; Koellia; Pycnanthemum (American mountain mint)
genus Rosmarinus; Rosmarinus (rosemary)
genus Salvia (large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sage)
genus Satureia; genus Satureja; Satureia; Satureja (savory)
genus Scutellaria; Scutellaria (an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps)
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 Teucrium; Teucrium (large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia)
genus Thymus; Thymus (large genus of Old World mints: thyme)
genus Trichostema; Trichostema (genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue curls)
genus Scrophularia; Scrophularia (type genus of Scrophulariaceae; named for the plants' supposed ability to cure scrofula: figworts)
Antirrhinum; genus Antirrhinum (a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers)
Besseya; genus Besseya (genus of North American spring wildflowers)
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)
Castilleia; Castilleja; genus Castilleia; genus Castilleja (genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses)
Chelone; genus Chelone (herbaceous perennials: shellflower)
Collinsia; genus Collinsia (genus of hardy annual herbs of western United States)
Culver's physic; Culver's root; Culvers physic; Culvers root; Veronicastrum virginicum; whorlywort (a tall perennial herb having spikes of small white or purple flowers; common in eastern North America)
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)
genus Verbascum; Verbascum (genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs mostly with woolly leaves)
genus Veronica (widespread genus of herbs with pink or white or blue or purple flowers: speedwell)
genus Solanum; Solanum (type genus of the Solanaceae: nightshade; potato; eggplant; bittersweet)
Atropa; genus Atropa (belladonna)
genus Browallia (small genus of tropical South American annuals)
Brunfelsia; genus Brunfelsia (genus of tropical American shrubs grown for their flowers followed by fleshy berrylike fruits)
Brugmansia; genus Brugmansia (includes some plants often placed in the genus Datura: angel's trumpets)
Capsicum; genus Capsicum (chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers)
Cestrum; genus Cestrum (genus of fragrant tropical American shrubs)
Cyphomandra; genus Cyphomandra (tree tomato)
Datura; genus Datura (thorn apple)
Fabiana; genus Fabiana (genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs)
genus Hyoscyamus; Hyoscyamus (genus of poisonous herbs: henbane)
genus Lycium; Lycium (deciduous and evergreen shrubs often spiny; cosmopolitan in temperate and subtropical regions)
genus Lycopersicon; genus Lycopersicum; Lycopersicon; Lycopersicum (tomatoes)
genus Mandragora; Mandragora (a genus of stemless herbs of the family Solanaceae)
genus Nicandra; Nicandra (sturdy annual of Peru)
genus Nicotiana; Nicotiana (American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid foliage)
genus Nierembergia (genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers)
genus Petunia; Petunia (annual or perennial herbs or shrubs of tropical South America)
genus Physalis; Physalis (ground cherries)
genus Salpichroa; Salpichroa (herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs)
genus Salpiglossis (small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers)
genus Schizanthus (Chilean herbs with orchid-like flowers)
genus Scopolia; Scopolia (genus of European perennial herbs yielding medicinal alkaloids)
genus Solandra; Solandra (shrubby climbers of tropical America)
genus Streptosolen; Streptosolen (one species: marmalade bush)
genus Verbena (type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs)
Avicennia; genus Avicennia (small genus of tropical shrubs or trees)
Aegiceras; genus Aegiceras (a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae)
genus Tectona; Tectona (small genus of southeastern Asian tropics: teak)
genus Valeriana; Valeriana (genus of widely distributed perennial herbs and some shrubs)
genus Valerianella; Valerianella (genus of Old World annual herbs widely naturalized)
Centranthus; genus Centranthus (genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs)
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)
