asterids

Etymology
Presumably inspired by subclass, the members of which are also in the clade asterids.

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

 * ,, , - clades

Hyponyms

 * ,  - clades;
 * ,, , , , , , - orders in ; , , , , , ,  - orders in ; ,  - basal orders