Eudicots
E16211
Eudicots are a major clade of flowering plants characterized by having two seed leaves (cotyledons) and typically net-like leaf venation, encompassing the majority of known angiosperm species.
Observed surface forms (7)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Core eudicots | 8 |
| Magnoliopsida | 8 |
| eudicots | 5 |
| Eudicotyledonae | 1 |
| Eudicotyledons | 1 |
| core eudicots | 1 |
| eudicotyledons | 1 |
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm clade
ⓘ
clade ⓘ group of plants ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eudicots
ⓘ
surface form:
eudicotyledons
tricolpates ⓘ true dicots ⓘ |
| characteristic |
flower parts often in multiples of four or five
ⓘ
net-like leaf venation ⓘ taproot system common ⓘ tricolpate pollen grains ⓘ two cotyledons in the seed ⓘ vascular bundles arranged in a ring in the stem ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Magnoliids
ⓘ
Liliopsida ⓘ
surface form:
Monocots
|
| distinguishedFrom | dicots in older classifications ⓘ |
| diversity | high morphological and ecological diversity ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
includes many fruit trees
ⓘ
includes many major crop plants ⓘ includes many ornamental plants ⓘ |
| estimatedSpeciesCount | over 170000 ⓘ |
| evolutionaryOrigin | derived within early angiosperms ⓘ |
| exampleSpecies |
Arabidopsis thaliana
ⓘ
Glycine max ⓘ Sunflowers ⓘ
surface form:
Helianthus annuus
Malus ⓘ
surface form:
Malus domestica
Rosa spp. ⓘ Solanum lycopersicum ⓘ |
| includes |
Apiaceae
ⓘ
Asteraceae ⓘ Asterids ⓘ Brassicaceae ⓘ Cactaceae ⓘ Caryophyllales ⓘ Cucurbitaceae ⓘ Ericaceae ⓘ Fabaceae ⓘ Fabids ⓘ Lamiaceae ⓘ Malvaceae ⓘ Malvids ⓘ Ranunculaceae ⓘ Ranunculales ⓘ Rosaceae ⓘ Rosids ⓘ Saxifragales ⓘ Solanaceae ⓘ Vitaceae ⓘ basal eudicots ⓘ core eudicots ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafVenationType | reticulate venation ⓘ |
| partOf |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
|
| phylum | Angiosperms ⓘ |
| pollenType | tricolpate pollen ⓘ |
| proportionOfAngiosperms | majority of known angiosperm species ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
APG IV system
ⓘ
modern molecular phylogenetics ⓘ |
| subdivision |
Eudicots
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eudicotyledons
|
| taxonRank | clade ⓘ |
| typicalFlowerPartNumber | 4 or 5 ⓘ |
| typicalRootSystem | taproot ⓘ |
Referenced by (120)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
eudicotyledons
this entity surface form:
eudicots
this entity surface form:
eudicots
subject surface form:
Planera aquatica
this entity surface form:
eudicots
this entity surface form:
eudicots
this entity surface form:
Core eudicots
this entity surface form:
Core eudicots
subject surface form:
Fagales
subject surface form:
Fagales
this entity surface form:
Core eudicots