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.

Superasterids partOf Eudicots
this entity surface form: core eudicots
Superasterids partOf Eudicots
this entity surface form: eudicots
Droseraceae clade Eudicots
Asterids parentClade Eudicots
Pyrus clade Eudicots
Portulacaceae clade Eudicots
Spiraea clade Eudicots
Alchemilla clade Eudicots
Physocarpus clade Eudicots
Caryophyllaceae clade Eudicots
Caryophyllaceae clade Eudicots
this entity surface form: Core eudicots
Ranunculidae belongsToGroup Eudicots
this entity surface form: eudicots
Rosidae unrankedClass Eudicots
Rosidae subdivisionOf Eudicots
Rosidae higherClassification Eudicots
this entity surface form: Core eudicots
order Fagales clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Fagales
order Fagales clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Fagales
this entity surface form: Core eudicots
order Fagales class Eudicots
subject surface form: Fagales
this entity surface form: Eudicotyledonae
order Myrtales clade Eudicots
subject surface form: Myrtales
Ziziphus clade Eudicots
Forsskaolea clade Eudicots
Pouzolzia clade Eudicots
Menispermaceae clade Eudicots
Broussonetia clade Eudicots
Fatoua clade Eudicots
Trophis clade Eudicots
Bagassa clade Eudicots
Dorstenia clade Eudicots
Dirachma clade Eudicots
Paradichrostachys clade Eudicots
Castilla clade Eudicots
Berberidaceae clade Eudicots
Gironniera clade Eudicots
Pilea clade Eudicots
Phenax belongsToClade Eudicots
Discocnide clade Eudicots
Nanocnide clade Eudicots
Rousselia clade Eudicots
Villebrunea clade Eudicots
Chaetachme clade Eudicots
Gouania clade Eudicots
Myriocarpa clade Eudicots
Hesperocnide clade Eudicots
Alphitonia clade Eudicots
Sarcochlamys clade Eudicots
Elaeagnus clade Eudicots
Girardinia clade Eudicots
Laportea clade Eudicots
Hovenia clade Eudicots
Colubrina clade Eudicots