asterids

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

asterids

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.

(clade): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, superasterids - clades