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.

Phylica imberbis clade Eudicots
Amelanchier clade Eudicots
Aphanocarpus clade Eudicots
Litchi clade Eudicots
Dimocarpus clade Eudicots
Nephelium clade Eudicots
Koelreuteria clade Eudicots
Cupaniopsis clade Eudicots
Cardiospermum clade Eudicots
Allophylus clade Eudicots
Xanthoceras clade Eudicots
Blighia clade Eudicots
Kirkia clade Eudicots
Pleiokirkia clade Eudicots
Medicosma clade Eudicots
Nematolepis clade Eudicots
Philotheca clade Eudicots
Coronidium clade Eudicots
Biebersteinia clade Eudicots
Ruta clade Eudicots
Melicope clade Eudicots
Esenbeckia clade Eudicots
Wenzelia clade Eudicots
Azadirachta clade Eudicots
Melia clade Eudicots
Cedrela clade Eudicots
Khaya clade Eudicots
Quassia clade Eudicots
Castela clade Eudicots
Soulamea clade Eudicots
Eurycoma clade Eudicots
Leitneria clade Eudicots
Odyendyea clade Eudicots
Hannoa clade Eudicots
Suriana clade Eudicots
Simarouba clade Eudicots
Picrasma clade Eudicots
Nitraria clade Eudicots
Peganum clade Eudicots
Tetradiclis clade Eudicots
Malacocarpus clade Eudicots
Dodonaea clade Eudicots
genus Ruta clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Ruta
Boronia clade Eudicots
Poncirus clade Eudicots
Fortunella clade Eudicots
Aegle clade Eudicots
Clausena clade Eudicots
Choisya clade Eudicots
Atalantia clade Eudicots