subclass magnoliidae

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 111687563)
    is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
    member holonym:
    • magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
    • magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
    • order ranales, order ranunculales, ranales, ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae
    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: magnoliidae, ranalian complex

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