Eudicots

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angiosperm clade clade group of plants

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.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Core eudicots	8
Magnoliopsida	8
eudicots	5
Eudicotyledonae	1
Eudicotyledons	1
core eudicots	1
eudicotyledons	1

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 ⓘ