magnoliopsida

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 111686232)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym:
    • 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 - a group of trees and shrubs and herbs mostly with polypetalous flowers; contains 108 families including Rosaceae; Crassulaceae; Myrtaceae; Melastomaceae; Euphorbiaceae; Umbelliferae
    • 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
    • order piperales, piperales - Piperaceae; Saururaceae; Chloranthaceae
    belongs to: 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)
    same as: class dicotyledonae, class dicotyledones, class magnoliopsida, dicotyledonae, dicotyledones

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