Definitions | asterids |
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- (botany) a name used in the APG (1998) and APG II (2003) 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.
Etymology: presumably inspired on subclass Asteridae.
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