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.

Thespesia clade Eudicots
Kosteletzkya clade Eudicots
Yua clade Eudicots
Pseudovitis clade Eudicots
Theaceae clade Eudicots
Urera hypselodendron clade Eudicots
Debregeasia orientalis clade Eudicots
Crassulaceae clade Eudicots
Hamamelidaceae clade Eudicots
Grossulariaceae clade Eudicots
Paeoniaceae clade Eudicots
Peridiscaceae clade Eudicots
Altingiaceae clade Eudicots
Cercidiphyllaceae clade Eudicots
Saxifraga clade Eudicots
Liquidambar clade Eudicots
Daphniphyllaceae clade Eudicots
Penthoraceae clade Eudicots
Asclepiadeae clade Eudicots
Proteoideae clade Eudicots
Banksia clade Eudicots
Telopea clade Eudicots
Lozanella enantiophylla clade Eudicots
Grevilleoideae clade Eudicots
Persoonioideae clade Eudicots
Grevillea clade Eudicots
Lozanella permollis clade Eudicots
Sphalmioideae clade Eudicots
Hakea clade Eudicots
Leucadendron clade Eudicots
Leucospermum clade Eudicots
Persoonia clade Eudicots
Gelsemiaceae clade Eudicots
Paliurus australis clade Eudicots
Rafflesia clade Eudicots
Prosopis species clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Prosopis
Thymelaeaceae clade Eudicots
Cistaceae clade Eudicots
Bixaceae clade Eudicots
Dipterocarpaceae clade Eudicots
Sphaerosepalaceae clade Eudicots
Sarcolaenaceae clade Eudicots
Cotinus clade Eudicots
Chrysobalanaceae clade Eudicots
Neuradaceae clade Eudicots
Heteromeles clade Eudicots
Stranvaesia clade Eudicots
Chaenomeles clade Eudicots
Docynia clade Eudicots
Sarcobatus clade Eudicots