Dicotyledones

Of class and Angiospermae.   May also be referred to as Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones and class 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.

This concept's ID is @1~58658

Plant Order

  • Sapindales 10 facts

    An order of dicotyledonous plants.

  • Gentianales 7 facts

    An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae;...

  • Primulales 5 facts

    Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginac...

  • Urticales 5 facts

    An order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae.

  • Sarraceniales 5 facts

    Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae;...

  • Ebenales 4 facts

    Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.

  • Aristolochiales 3 facts

    Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary.

  • Piperales 3 facts

    Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae.

  • Myricales 2 facts

    Coextensive with the family Myricaceae.

  • Rhamnales 2 facts

    An order of dicotyledonous plants.

  • Proteales 1 facts

    Coextensive with the family Proteaceae.

  • Casuarinales 1 facts

    Order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: ...

  • Juglandales 1 facts

    Coextensive with the family Juglandaceae.

  • Plantaginales 1 facts

    Coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae.

  • Polygonales 1 facts

    Coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,.

  • Salicales 1 facts

    Coextensive with the family Salicaceae.

  • Diapensiales 0 facts

    Used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae.

  • Oleales 0 facts

    Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gen...

  • Scrophulariales 0 facts

    Used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales.

Class

  • Hamamelidae 8 facts

    A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms;...

  • Dilleniidae 8 facts

    A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either...

  • Rosidae 6 facts

    A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families...

  • Asteridae 5 facts

    A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels;...

  • Caryophyllidae 4 facts

    A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate...

  • Magnoliidae 3 facts

    A group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and...

Family

  • dicot family 72 facts

    Family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which...

  • monocot family 33 facts

    Family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the see...

Also contains

  • dicot genus 238 facts

    Genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which...

  • dicot 3 facts

    Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.