magnoliid dicot family
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Family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms (synset 111584709)
is a type of: dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationsubtypes:
- annonaceae, custard-apple family, family annonaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs
- barberry family, berberidaceae, family berberidaceae - shrubs or herbs
- calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, family calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family - shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
- ceratophyllaceae, family ceratophyllaceae - coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts
- cercidiphyllaceae, family cercidiphyllaceae - one genus
- family lardizabalaceae, lardizabala family, lardizabalaceae - thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit
- family lauraceae, lauraceae, laurel family - a family of Lauraceae
- family magnoliaceae, magnolia family, magnoliaceae - subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron, Magnolia, and Manglietia
- family menispermaceae, menispermaceae, moonseed family - herbaceous or woody climbers
- family myristicaceae, myristicaceae, nutmeg family - family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds
- family nymphaeaceae, nymphaeaceae, water-lily family - dicot aquatic plants
- nelumbonaceae, subfamily nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo
- cabombaceae, subfamily cabombaceae, water-shield family - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia
- family paeoniaceae, paeoniaceae, peony family - perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America
- buttercup family, crowfoot family, family ranunculaceae, ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae
- family winteraceae, winter's bark family, winteraceae - small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae
belongs to: 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
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