HyperDic: subclass_hamamelidae

English > 1 sense of the expression subclass Hamamelidae:
NOUNplantsubclass Hamamelidae, Hamamelidaea group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms
English > subclass Hamamelidae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; perianth poorly developed or lacking; flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated; contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes classified as a superorder.
SynonymHamamelidae
Member ofDicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class MagnoliopsidaComprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves
MembersAmentiferae, group AmentiferaeUsed in some classification systems for plants that bear catkins
Fagales, order FagalesAn order of dicotyledonous trees of the subclass Hamamelidae
Hamamelidaceae, family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel familyComprises genera Hamamelis, Corylopsis, Fothergilla, Liquidambar, Parrotia, and other small genera
Hamamelidanthum, genus Hamamelidanthumgenus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel
Hamamelidoxylon, genus Hamamelidoxylongenus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel
Hamamelites, genus Hamamelitesgenus of fossil plants having leaves similar to those of the witch hazel
hamamelid dicot familyfamily of mostly woody dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
hamamelid dicot genusgenus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishhamamelidales
Catalanhamamelidals

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