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
An order of dicotyledonous plants.
- Gentianales
An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae;...
- Primulales
Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginac...
- Urticales
An order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae.
- Sarraceniales
Plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae;...
- Ebenales
Trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae.
- Aristolochiales
Order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary.
- Piperales
Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae.
- Myricales
Coextensive with the family Myricaceae.
- Rhamnales
An order of dicotyledonous plants.
- Proteales
Coextensive with the family Proteaceae.
- Casuarinales
Order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: ...
- Juglandales
Coextensive with the family Juglandaceae.
- Plantaginales
Coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae.
- Polygonales
Coextensive with the family Polygonaceae,.
- Salicales
Coextensive with the family Salicaceae.
- Diapensiales
Used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae.
- Oleales
Coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gen...
- Scrophulariales
Used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales.
Class
- Hamamelidae
A group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms;...
- Dilleniidae
A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either...
- Rosidae
A group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families...
- Asteridae
A group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels;...
- Caryophyllidae
A group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate...
- Magnoliidae
A group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and...
Family
- dicot family
Family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which...
- monocot family
Family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the see...
Also contains
- dicot genus
Genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which...
- dicot
Flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside.