Dicots
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its circumscription can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being discussed. A Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy called “Preliminary Taxonomic Study on Homestead Flora of Four Districts of Bangladesh: Magnoliopsida” describes the Magnoliopsida species as a class of flowering plants also known as Dicotyledons which comprises 455
53 branches of this class, most-observed first
Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies
orderAsterales
Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
orderLamiales
Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
orderRosales
pinks, cactuses, and allies
orderCaryophyllales
Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
orderFabales
Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
orderEricales
Nances, Willows, and Allies
orderMalpighiales
Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
orderRanunculales
Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies
orderGentianales
beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies
orderFagales
Soapberries, Cashews, Mahoganies, and Allies
orderSapindales
carrots, ivies, and allies
orderApiales
Mustards, Capers, and Allies
orderBrassicales
myrtles, evening primroses, and allies
orderMyrtales
nightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies
orderSolanales
Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies
orderMalvales
honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies
orderDipsacales
saxifrages, stonecrops, and allies
orderSaxifragales
borages
orderBoraginales
geraniums, bridal wreaths, and allies
orderGeraniales
dogwoods, hydrangeas, and allies
orderCornales
Woodsorrels, Quandongs, and Allies
orderOxalidales
proteas, lotuses, planes, and allies
orderProteales
Grapes and Allies
orderVitales
begonias, gourds, and allies
orderCucurbitales
magnolias, nutmegs, and allies
orderMagnoliales
staff-vines and allies
orderCelastrales
laurels, spicebushes, and allies
orderLaurales
Hollies and Allies
orderAquifoliales
pepper plants, birthworts, and allies
orderPiperales
sandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies
orderSantalales
Caltrops and Ratanies
orderZygophyllales
Waterlilies, Fanworts, and Allies
orderNymphaeales
Guinea-flowers and allies
orderDilleniales
boxes and Pachysandras
orderBuxales
silktassels and Gutta-percha
orderGarryales
rockflowers, bladdernuts, and allies
orderCrossosomatales
blacktips, columellias, and allies
orderBruniales
Gunneras and resurrection plants
orderGunnerales
Escalloniales
orderEscalloniales
Coontails
orderCeratophyllales
canellas, winter's-bark, and allies
orderCanellales
austrobaileya, anises, and allies
orderAustrobaileyales
Chloranthales
orderChloranthales
Metteniusas and Allies
orderMetteniusales
cartwheel trees and Tetracentrons
orderTrochodendrales
Icacina, Oncotheca and Allies
orderIcacinales
Picramniales
orderPicramniales
Paracryphiales
orderParacryphiales
tape-vines, olivillo, and allies
orderBerberidopsidales
Dipentodon, Gerrardina, Petenaea, Tapiscia and Allies
orderHuerteales
Vahlia and Allies
orderVahliales
Amborellas
orderAmborellales
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Magnoliopsida in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47124.