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

order Rubiales, Rubiales - an order of dicotyledonous plants of the subclass Asteridae; have opposite leaves and an inferior compound ovary

madderwort, rubiaceous plant - any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae

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