subclass hamamelidae

1. 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 (synset 112333522)
   is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
   member holonym:

   • hamamelid dicot family - family of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
   • hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
   • fagales, order fagales - an order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
   • amentiferae, group amentiferae - used in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins
   • genus hamamelidanthum, hamamelidanthum - genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region
   • genus hamamelidoxylon, hamamelidoxylon - genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel
   • genus hamamelites, hamamelites - genus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel
   • family hamamelidaceae, hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family - comprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera
   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: hamamelidae

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