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.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Eudicots canonical 843
Core eudicots 48
eudicots 16

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (920)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lycianthes clade Eudicots
Mandragora clade Eudicots
Withania clade Eudicots
Solandra clade Eudicots
Nolana clade Eudicots
Erica clade Eudicots
Gaultheria clade Eudicots
Arabidopsis clade Eudicots
Euptelea clade Eudicots
Cestrum clade Eudicots
Capsella clade Eudicots
Lagenaria siceraria clade Eudicots
Momordica clade Eudicots
Frangula californica clade Eudicots
Sinapis clade Eudicots
Mentha clade Eudicots
Origanum clade Eudicots
Lavandula clade Eudicots
Begoniaceae clade Eudicots
Coriariaceae clade Eudicots
Tetramelaceae clade Eudicots
Corynocarpaceae clade Eudicots
Haloragaceae clade Eudicots
Myrothamnaceae clade Eudicots
Coriaria clade Eudicots
Datiscaceae clade Eudicots
Tetrameristaceae clade Eudicots
Octoknemaceae clade Eudicots
Citrullus clade Eudicots
Parthenocissus clade Eudicots
Ampelopsis clade Eudicots
Cayratia clade Eudicots
Leea clade Eudicots
Nekemias clade Eudicots
Rhoicissus clade Eudicots
Pterisanthes clade Eudicots
Acareosperma clade Eudicots
Clematicissus clade Eudicots
Afrocayratia clade Eudicots
Salvia clade Eudicots
Malva clade Eudicots
Brachystegia clade Eudicots
Ampelocissus clade Eudicots
Cyphostemma clade Eudicots
Pterocissus clade Eudicots
Abelmoschus clade Eudicots
Tilia clade Eudicots
Lavatera clade Eudicots
Theobroma clade Eudicots
Ceiba clade Eudicots