genus Vernonia vs family Asteraceae

genus Vernonia and family Asteraceae both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genus Vernonia	Yes	No	No	No
family Asteraceae	Yes	No	No	No

genus Vernonia (noun)	family Asteraceae (noun)
genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers	plants with heads composed of many florets: aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, lettuces, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, zinnia