genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species

magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins

caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers

dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants

class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

genus Myrica, Myrica - deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees

Comptonia, genus Comptonia - 1 species: sweet fern

genus Leitneria, Leitneria - 1 species: corkwood

Apocynum, genus Apocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers

Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera - small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa

Adenium, genus Adenium - 1 species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia

genus Allamanda - genus of tropical American woody vines

Alstonia, genus Alstonia - genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia

Amsonia, genus Amsonia - genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America

Beaumontia, genus Beaumontia - small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia

genus Carissa - Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs

Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca

genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena - genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia

Dipladenia, genus Dipladenia, genus Mandevilla, Mandevilla - genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap

genus Nerium, Nerium - 1 species: oleander

genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers

genus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia - pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees

genus Strophanthus - genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees

genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap

genus Thevetia, Thevetia - genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers

genus Trachelospermum, Trachelospermum - genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems

genus Vinca, Vinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials

Aristolochia, genus Aristolochia - birthworts; dutchman's pipe

Asarum, genus Asarum - wild ginger

genus Nopalea, Nopalea - a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers

genus Primula - very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers