HyperDic: subclass_caryophyllidae

English > 1 sense of the expression subclass Caryophyllidae:
NOUNplantsubclass Caryophyllidae, Caryophyllidaea group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants)
English > subclass Caryophyllidae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder.
SynonymCaryophyllidae
Member ofDicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class MagnoliopsidaComprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves
MembersCaryophyllales, order Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order-Chenopodialescorresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae
Opuntiales, order Opuntialescoextensive with the family Cactaceae
caryophylloid dicot familyfamily of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
caryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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