rosid dicot family

1. A family of dicotyledonous plants (synset 111587133)
   is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
   subtypes:

   • connaraceae, family connaraceae, zebrawood family - mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae
   • fabaceae, family fabaceae, family leguminosae, legume family, leguminosae, pea family - a large family of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbs bearing bean pods; divided for convenience into the subfamilies Caesalpiniaceae; Mimosaceae; Papilionaceae
   • family mimosaceae, mimosaceae - family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
   • mimosoideae, subfamily mimosoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae
   • araliaceae, family araliaceae, ivy family - mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
   • evening-primrose family, family onagraceae, onagraceae - a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales
   • family melastomaceae, family melastomataceae, meadow-beauty family, melastomaceae, melastomataceae - a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals
   • caesalpiniaceae, family caesalpiniaceae - spiny trees, shrubs, or perennial herbs, including the genera Caesalpinia, Cassia, Ceratonia, Bauhinia; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
   • caesalpinioideae, subfamily caesalpinioideae - alternative name in some classification systems for the family Caesalpiniaceae
   • family papilionacea, papilionaceae - leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae
   • papilionoideae, subfamily papilionoideae - alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae
   • family rosaceae, rosaceae, rose family - a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens
   • balsam family, balsaminaceae, family balsaminaceae - distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers
   • family geraniaceae, geraniaceae, geranium family - chiefly herbaceous plants
   • burseraceae, family burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
   • callitrichaceae, family callitrichaceae - dicot aquatic herbs
   • family malpighiaceae, malpighiaceae - tropical shrubs or trees
   • family meliaceae, mahogany family, meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees
   • family lepidobotryaceae, lepidobotryaceae - family created in 1950 solely for the classification of a distinctive African tree repeatedly classified in other families; trees long believed to exist only in Africa
   • family oxalidaceae, oxalidaceae, wood-sorrel family - a family of widely distributed herbs of the order Geraniales; have compound leaves and pentamerous flowers
   • family polygalaceae, milkwort family, polygalaceae - trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres
   • family rutaceae, rue family, rutaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Geraniales; have flowers that are divide into four or five parts and usually have a strong scent
   • family simaroubaceae, quassia family, simaroubaceae - chiefly tropical trees and shrubs with bitter bark having dry usually one-seeded winged fruit
   • family tropaeolaceae, nasturtium family, tropaeolaceae - coextensive with the genus Tropaeolum
   • bean-caper family, family zygophyllaceae, zygophyllaceae - small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
   • cephalotaceae, family cephalotaceae - a family of plants of order Rosales; coextensive with the genus Cephalotus
   • cunonia family, cunoniaceae, family cunoniaceae - trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere
   • family hydrangeaceae, hydrangea family, hydrangeaceae - sometimes included in the family Saxifragaceae
   • philadelphaceae, subfamily philadelphaceae - one genus; usually included in family Hydrangeaceae
   • family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae
   • family platanaceae, plane-tree family, platanaceae - coextensive with the genus Platanus: plane trees
   • euphorbiaceae, family euphorbiaceae, spurge family - a family of plants of order Geraniales
   • apiaceae, carrot family, family apiaceae, family umbelliferae, umbelliferae - plants having flowers in umbels: parsley; carrot; anise; caraway; celery; dill
   • cornaceae, dogwood family, family cornaceae - a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia
   belongs to: rosidae, subclass rosidae - a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae

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