HyperDic: ranalian_complex

English > 1 sense of the expression ranalian complex:
NOUNplantranalian complex, Magnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidaea group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants
English > ranalian complex: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.
SynonymsMagnoliidae, subclass Magnoliidae
Member ofDicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class MagnoliopsidaComprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves
MembersRanales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculalesherbs, shrubs and trees
magnoliid dicot familyfamily of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
magnoliid dicot genusgenus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishmagnoliáceas
Catalanranalian complex

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