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.

Discocactus clade Eudicots
Notocactus clade Eudicots
Primulaceae clade Eudicots
Sapotaceae clade Eudicots
Pentaphylacaceae clade Eudicots
Styrax clade Eudicots
Polemonium clade Eudicots
Symplocos clade Eudicots
Myodocarpaceae clade Eudicots
Styracaceae clade Eudicots
Marcgraviaceae clade Eudicots
Cyrillaceae clade Eudicots
Kalmia clade Eudicots
Lecythis clade Eudicots
Pennantiaceae clade Eudicots
Montiniaceae clade Eudicots
Diapensiaceae clade Eudicots
Sladeniaceae clade Eudicots
Nelumbonaceae clade Eudicots
Ostryopsis clade Eudicots
Hornemannia clade Eudicots
Lagerstroemia clade Eudicots
Maoutia puya clade Eudicots
Maoutia setosa clade Eudicots
Alniphyllum clade Eudicots
Betulaster clade Eudicots
Betuloideae clade Eudicots
Coryloideae clade Eudicots
Ceuthostoma clade Eudicots
Alzatea clade Eudicots
Axinandra clade Eudicots
Dactylocladus clade Eudicots
Corylus clade Eudicots
Allocasuarina clade Eudicots
Crypteronia clade Eudicots
Trapa clade Eudicots
Petenaeaceae clade Eudicots
Gerrardinaceae clade Eudicots
Huertea cubensis clade Eudicots
Terminalia clade Eudicots
Combretum clade Eudicots
Lumnitzera clade Eudicots
Guiera clade Eudicots
Calopyxis clade Eudicots
Getonia clade Eudicots
Getonia clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Getonia floribunda
Strephonema clade Eudicots
Terminaliopsis clade Eudicots
Huerteaceae clade Eudicots
Perrottetiaceae clade Eudicots