Asterid genera

Hydrangea ( or ) is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. Hydrangea is also used as the common name for the genus; some (particularly H. macrophylla) are also often called hortensia. The genus was first described from Virginia in North America, but by far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.

Aucuba is a genus of three to ten species of flowering plants, now placed in the family Garryaceae, although formerly classified in the Aucubaceae or Cornaceae.

Escallonia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Escalloniaceae. They are native to North and South America.

Metteniusa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was named by Hermann Karsten in 1860 for the German botanist Georg Heinrich Mettenius. It has seven species. The type species is Metteniusa edulis.. "Metteniusaceae" was proposed by Adalbert Schnizlein and validated by Hermann Karsten in 1860.. The family is now placed in its own order, Metteniusales.

The genus Helwingia consists of shrubs or rarely small trees native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and northern Indochina. It is the only genus in the family Helwingiaceae.

Phyllonoma is a genus consisting of four species of trees and shrubs native to South and Central America, from Peru to Mexico. It is the sole genus in the family Phyllonomaceae, syn. Dulongiaceae.

Oncotheca is a genus of tree endemic to New Caledonia. There are two species, Oncotheca balansae and Oncotheca humboldtiana.

Garrya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Garryaceae native to Mexico, the western United States, Central America and the Greater Antilles. Common names include silk tassel and tassel bush.

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Polyosma is a genus of about 90 species of trees native to south-east Asia. They occur from China south through south-east Asia to the east coast of Australia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

Apodytes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly either unplaced as to family or placed in the family Icacinaceae. It consists of about 8 species of evergreen trees, from tropical northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Africa and Asia. The exact number of species has been revised from 3 to 8, according to The Plant List. ==Description== All of the species have simple, smooth-edged, leathery leaves and much-branched panicles of small white flowers with recurving petals and conspicuous stamens. The fruits are small drupes with a fleshly appendage on one side

Desfontainia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Columelliaceae, though it was placed formerly in Loganiaceae, Potaliaceae (later subsumed in Gentianaceae), or a family of its own, Desfontainiaceae.

Alsodeiopsis Oliver is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae native to tropical Africa. There are about 11 species. Seventeen species names have been published in Alsodeiopsis, but many of these are synonyms. The type species, Alsodeiopsis mannii was named by Daniel Oliver in 1869.

Emmotum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Icacinaceae. It has about 13 species. One of these species, E. harleyi, was described in 2007.

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Quintinia is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Paracryphiaceae, native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia. Plants have alternate leaves. White or lilac flowers form at the end of stalks or on leaf axils. The fruiting body is a capsule, usually containing a large number of tiny seeds. The genus is named after the gardener Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie.

Iodes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Mappia is a genus of shrubs in the family Icacinaceae. There are eleven species (including Nothapodytes Blume) occurring in Central America, the West Indies and Asia. The type species for the genus is Mappia racemosa Jacquin. Some research has been shown that it has an effective anti cancer property against breast cancer .

Audouinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.

Staavia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.

Rhaphiostylis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae.

Columellia is a group of plant species in the Columelliaceae described as a genus in 1794.

Cardiopteris is a genus of vines in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1834.

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Gomphandra is a genus of plant in family Stemonuraceae. They are dioecious trees or shrubs. The genus includes 44 accepted species, which range from India through Indochina to southern China and Taiwan, and through Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines to New Guinea, Queensland, and the Solomon Islands.

Berzelia is a genus consisting of 12 species of upright, wiry-stemmed, evergreen shrubs from Cape Provinces in South Africa.

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Icacina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Thamnea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae.

Cassinopsis is a genus of Afrotropical plants, generally placed in the family Icacinaceae. They are lanky, evergreen shrubs or small trees that favour well-watered areas. They may carry spines and the leaves have an opposite arrangement. The genus name suggests its resemblance to the genus Cassine.

Sphenostemon is the genus of small evergreen trees or shrubs native to New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. They have opposite or spiral leaves, and at most small stipules. The small flowers, borne in terminal inflorescences, have free (i.e. unjoined) sepals and petals. The anthers have thick filaments. The fruit, a berry, is fleshy and contains two seeds. The genus is described as "particularly poorly known".

Gonocaryum is a genus of plants in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1861.

Poraqueiba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It comprises 3 species native to Panama and South America.

Hosiea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Pyrenacantha is a genus of plant in family Icacinaceae. It has about 20 species, all from the Old World tropics.

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Codiocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae.

Stachyanthus is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae. It has about four species.

Desmostachys is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Dendrobangia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cardiopteridaceae. It was described as a genus in 1896.

Eucommia is a genus of small trees now native to China, with a fossil record that shows a much wider distribution. The single living species, Eucommia ulmoides, is near threatened in the wild, but is widely cultivated in China for its bark, and is highly valued in herbology such as traditional Chinese medicine.

Mappianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Pleurisanthes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Ottoschulzia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Metteniusaceae. ==Taxonomy== The genus name of Ottoschulzia is in honour of Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936), a German botanist, born in Berlin. It was first described and published in Symb. Antill. Vol.7 on page 272 in 1912.

Medusanthera is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Stemonuraceae.

Phytocrene is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Sarcostigma is a genus of plants of the family Icacinaceae. It includes two species of climbers native to tropical Asia. The genus was described by Robert Wight and George A. Walker Arnott and published in Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal in the year 1833.

Leptaulus is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1862. It is native to tropical Africa including Madagascar.

Pseudobotrys is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1912.

Oecopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Metteniusaceae, native to Mexico and Central America. They are trees with edible fruits, and prefer to grow in the transition zone between cloud forests and tropical forests. Locals collect, roast, consume and occasionally sell the fruit, which is bitter enough to give Oecopetalum mexicanum the name cachichín in the Totonaca language, meaning "bitter fruit".

Casimirella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Gastrolepis is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Stemonuraceae. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific and contains two species.

Ryticaryum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae. They are dioecious shrubs or small trees.

Natsiatum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Pittosporopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.

Grisollea is a genus of plants in the family Stemonuraceae.

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Miquelia is a genus of plants in the family Icacinaceae found in tropical India, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines.

Stemonurus is a genus of plants in the family Stemonuraceae.