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.

Aurantium clade Eudicots
Triphasia clade Eudicots
Phellodendron clade Eudicots
Pilocarpus clade Eudicots
Zieria clade Eudicots
Evodia clade Eudicots
Toddalia clade Eudicots
Aegiceras clade Eudicots
Helietta clade Eudicots
Metrodorea clade Eudicots
Orixa clade Eudicots
Vepris clade Eudicots
Teclea clade Eudicots
Fagara clade Eudicots
Limonia clade Eudicots
Paramignya clade Eudicots
Merrillia clade Eudicots
Acradenia clade Eudicots
Haplophyllum clade Eudicots
Glycosmis clade Eudicots
Diplolaena clade Eudicots
Leionema clade Eudicots
Ptaeroxylon clade Eudicots
Dacryodes clade Eudicots
Protium clade Eudicots
Aucoumea clade Eudicots
Garuga clade Eudicots
Trattinnickia clade Eudicots
Commiphora clade Eudicots
Sarraceniaceae clade Eudicots
Trema clade Eudicots
Muelleria (plant genus) clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Muelleria
pasque flower clade Eudicots
Gesneriaceae clade Eudicots
Phrymaceae clade Eudicots
Martyniaceae clade Eudicots
Pedaliaceae clade Eudicots
Byblidaceae clade Eudicots
Thomandersiaceae clade Eudicots
Tetrachondraceae clade Eudicots
Paulowniaceae clade Eudicots
Rehmanniaceae clade Eudicots
Stilbaceae clade Eudicots
Schlegeliaceae clade Eudicots
Hydrostachyaceae clade Eudicots
Columelliaceae clade Eudicots
Hoplestigmataceae clade Eudicots
Wightiaceae clade Eudicots
Verbenaceae clade Eudicots
Scrophulariaceae clade Eudicots