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Definition: Dilleniidae

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.[Wordnet].

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Date "Dilleniidae" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1997. (references)

Common Expressions: Dilleniidae

Expressions Definition
Subclass Dilleniidae A group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Dilleniidae

Dilleniidae

Dillenidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used; the only requirement being that it includes the family Dilleniaceae. A well-known system that uses this name is the Cronquist system, and in the original 1981, version of the system the circumscription was:

  • subclass Dilleniidae
    order Dilleniales
    order Theales
    order Malvales
    order Lecythidales
    order Nepenthales
    order Violales
    order Salicales
    order Capparales
    order Batales
    order Ericales
    order Diapensiales
    order Ebenales
    order Primulales

Recent molecular systematic studies have shown that this group is polyphyletic. The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank of order but assigns the plants involved to various orders in the asterids and rosids clades.

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