aerophyte vs flora

aerophyte and flora both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
aerophyte	Yes	No	No	No
flora	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, flora is a hypernym of aerophyte; that is, flora is a word with a broader meaning than aerophyte:

aerophyte: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
flora: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Other hypernyms of aerophyte include plant, plant life.

aerophyte (noun)	flora (noun)
plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it	(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
	all the plant life in a particular region or period