Definition of class dicotyledonae Class dicotyledonae
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| class dicotyledonae - 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 | ||
| Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| angiospermae, anthophyta, class angiospermae, division anthophyta, division magnoliophyta, magnoliophyta comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary; in some systems considered a class (Angiospermae) and in others a division (Magnoliophyta or Anthophyta) | ||
| liliopsid family, monocot family family of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed | ||
| dicot family, magnoliopsid family family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination | ||
| dicot, dicotyledon, exogen, magnoliopsid flowering plant with two cotyledons; the stem grows by deposit on its outside | ||
| magnoliidae, ranalian complex, subclass magnoliidae a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
| myricales, order myricales coextensive with the family Myricaceae | ||
| aristolochiales, order aristolochiales order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary | ||
| caryophyllidae, subclass caryophyllidae a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
| asteridae, subclass asteridae a group of mostly sympetalous herbs and some trees and shrubs mostly with 2 fused carpels; contains 43 families including Campanulales; Solanaceae; Scrophulariaceae; Labiatae; Verbenaceae; Rubiaceae; Compositae; sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
| order primulales, primulales Primulaceae; Theophrastaceae; Myrsinaceae; and (in some classifications) Plumbaginaceae | ||
| rosidae subclass rosidae | ||
| order proteales, proteales coextensive with the family Proteaceae | ||
| casuarinales, order casuarinales order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae | ||
| diapensiales, order diapensiales used in some classifications: coextensive with family Diapensiaceae | ||
| gentianales, order gentianales an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae | ||
| oleales, order oleales coextensive with the family Oleaceae; in some classifications included in the order Gentianales | ||
| hamamelidae, subclass hamamelidae a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
| juglandales, order juglandales coextensive with the family Juglandaceae | ||
| dilleniidae, subclass dilleniidae a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder | ||
| order urticales, urticales an order of dicotyledonous plants including Moraceae and Urticaceae and Ulmaceae | ||
| order plantaginales, plantaginales coextensive with the family Plantaginaceae | ||
| order polygonales, polygonales coextensive with the family Polygonaceae, | ||
| order salicales, salicales coextensive with the family Salicaceae | ||
| order sapindales, sapindales an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
| ebenales, order ebenales trees or shrubs of the families Ebenaceae or Sapotaceae or Styracaceae or Symplocaceae | ||
| order sarraceniales, sarraceniales plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae | ||
| order scrophulariales, scrophulariales used in some classification systems; often included in the order Polemoniales | ||
| order rhamnales, rhamnales an order of dicotyledonous plants | ||
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