Hamamelididae
E550045
Hamamelididae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants within the dicot group, historically used to classify certain woody families such as the witch-hazel family.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
botanical subclass
ⓘ
subclass of dicotyledons ⓘ taxonomic rank ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | dicotyledons ⓘ |
| characteristic |
flowering plants
ⓘ
mostly woody plants ⓘ primarily trees and shrubs ⓘ |
| circumscriptionBasis | morphological characters ⓘ |
| class | Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commonName | Hamamelidid dicots ⓘ |
| contains |
Altingiaceae
ⓘ
Cercidiphyllaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Eupteleaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamamelidaceae ⓘ Myrothamnaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Platanaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ Trochodendraceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | mainly temperate regions ⓘ |
| division | Magnoliophyta ⓘ |
| flowerType | angiosperms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherClassification | dicotyledons in traditional systems ⓘ |
| includesPlantsWith |
simple flowers
ⓘ
wind or insect pollination ⓘ woody habit ⓘ |
| includesTaxaWith |
alternate leaves
ⓘ
stipules often present ⓘ woody inflorescences in some families ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nomenclaturalEnding | -idae ⓘ |
| relevance | historically important in dicot classification ⓘ |
| replacedInModernSystemsBy | eudicots ⓘ |
| taxonomicConcept | paraphyletic under modern phylogenetic analyses ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | subclass ⓘ |
| taxonomicStatus | historical ⓘ |
| taxonomicSystem | Cronquist system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taxonomicUsage | used in older classification systems ⓘ |
| typeFamily | Hamamelidaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Arthur Cronquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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