dilleniidae

1. 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 (synset 112379002)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
   • dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
   • order papaverales, order rhoeadales, papaverales, rhoeadales - an order of dicotyledonous plants
   • malvales, order malvales - Malvaceae; Bombacaceae; Elaeocarpaceae; Sterculiaceae; Tiliaceae
   • ericales, order ericales - Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
   • hypericales, order hypericales, order parietales, parietales - a large order of dicotyledonous plants of subclass Dilleniidae
   • guttiferales, order guttiferales - used in some classifications; coextensive with Parietales
   • order santalales, santalales - order of plants distinguished by having a one-celled inferior ovary; many are parasitic or partly parasitic usually on roots
   belongs to: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones, 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
   same as: subclass dilleniidae

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