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Click on images to enlarge. © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 1 Rhododendron vaseyi © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 0 Cercis canadensis © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 1 Halesia carolina © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 0 Hedyotis caerulea © John Pickering, 2004-2023 · 0 Magnolia grandiflora Kinds Acanthaceae, Acanthi Aceraceae, Maples Achariaceae Achatocarpaceae Actinidiaceae, Chinese Gooseberries Adoxaceae, Moschatels Aextoxicaceae Aizoaceae, Fig-marigolds Akaniaceae Alangiaceae Alseuosmiaceae Altingiaceae Alzateaceae, Alzateas Amaranthaceae, Amaranths Amborellaceae Anacardiaceae, Cashews Ancistrocladaceae Anisophylleaceae Annonaceae, Annonas Aphanopetalaceae Aphloiaceae Apiaceae, Carrots Apocynaceae, Dogbanes Apodanthaceae Aquifoliaceae, Hollies Araliaceae, Ginseng Argophyllaceae Aristolochiaceae, Birthworts Asclepiadaceae, Milkweeds Asteraceae, Sunflowers Asteropeiaceae Atherospermataceae Austrobaileyaceae Balanopaceae Balanophoraceae, Balanophora Balsaminaceae, Balsams Barbeuiaceae 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Cephalotaceae Ceratophyllaceae, Coontail Cercidiphyllaceae, Katsuratree Chenopodiaceae, Goosefeet Chloranthaceae, Chloranthi Chrysobalanaceae, Cocoa-Plums Cinchona Circaeasteraceae Cistaceae, Rock-roses Cleomaceae Clethraceae, Clethras Clusiaceae, Garcinia Cneoraceae Cochlospermaceae, Cochlospermum Columelliaceae Combretaceae, Indian-almonds Connaraceae, Connari Convolvulaceae, Morning-glories Coriariaceae, Coriarias Cornaceae, Dogwoods Corynocarpaceae Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Crossosomataceae, Crossosomas Crypteroniaceae Ctenolophonaceae Cucurbitaceae, Pumpkins Cunoniaceae, Cunonias Curtisiaceae Cuscutaceae, Dodders Cynomoriaceae Cyrillaceae, Buckwheat tree Cytinaceae Daphniphyllaceae Datiscaceae, Durango-roots Davidsoniaceae Degeneriaceae Dialypetalanthaceae Diapensiaceae, Oconee bells Dichapetalaceae, Dichapetalums Didiereaceae Didymelaceae Diegodendraceae Dilleniaceae, Caskfruits Dioncophyllaceae Dipentodontaceae Dipsacaceae, Teasels Dipterocarpaceae Dirachmaceae Donatiaceae Droseraceae, Sundews Drosophyllaceae Duckeodendraceae Ebenaceae, Ebonys Elaeagnaceae, Oleasters Elaeocarpaceae, Bullwood Elatinaceae, Bergia Emblingiaceae Empetraceae, Crowberries Epacridaceae Eremolepidaceae, Parasites Ericaceae, Heathers Erythroxylaceae, Brisselet Escalloniaceae Eucommiaceae Eucryphiaceae Euphorbiaceae, Spurges Euphroniaceae Eupomatiaceae Eupteleaceae Fabaceae, Bushclovers Fabaceae-papilionoideae Fabaceae-papilionoideae Fagaceae, Beeches Flacourtiaceae, Brushholly Fouquieriaceae, Ocotillos Frankeniaceae, Seaheath Fumariaceae Garryaceae, Silk-tassels Geissolomataceae Gelsemiaceae Gentianaceae, Gentians Geraniaceae, Cranes-bill Gesneriaceae, Canterbury bells Gisekiaceae Globulariaceae Gomortegaceae Gonystylaceae Goodeniaceae, Gullfeed Goupiaceae Greyiaceae Griseliniaceae Grossulariaceae, Gooseberries Grubbiaceae Gunneraceae, Gunneras Gyrostemonaceae Halophytaceae Haloragaceae, Mermaidweed Hamamelidaceae, Witch-hazels Haptanthaceae Helwingiaceae Hernandiaceae, Hernandias Heteropyxidaceae Himantandraceae Hippocastanaceae, Horse-chestnuts Hippocrateaceae, Pumpwood Hippuridaceae Hoplestigmataceae Huaceae Hugoniaceae Humiriaceae, Humirias Hydnoraceae, Hydnoras Hydrangeaceae, Hydrangeas Hydrophyllaceae, Aunt-lucy Hydrostachyaceae Hypericaceae Icacinaceae, False yam Idiospermaceae Illiciaceae Irvingiaceae Iteaceae Ixonanthaceae Juglandaceae, Walnuts Julianiaceae Kaliphoraceae Kiggelariaceae Kirkiaceae Koeberliniaceae, Allthorn Krameriaceae, Kramerias Lacistemataceae, Lacistemas Lactoridaceae Lamiaceae, American dragonhead Lardizabalaceae, Akebia fruit Lauraceae, Laurels Lecythidaceae, Brazil-nuts Leeaceae Leguminosae, Yellow puff Leitneriaceae, Corkwood Lennoaceae, Desert christmas tree Lentibulariaceae, Bladderworts Lepidobotryaceae, Lepidobotries Limnanthaceae, False mermaidweed Linaceae, Allseed Lissocarpaceae Loasaceae, Blazingstar Loganiaceae, Logania Loranthaceae, Showy mistletoes Lythraceae, Crepe-myrtles Magnoliaceae, Banana shrub Malesherbiaceae Malpighiaceae, Barbados-cherries Malvaceae, Hollyhock Marcgraviaceae, Marcgravia Martyniaceae, Martynia Medusagynaceae Medusandraceae Melanophyllaceae Melastomataceae, Meadow-beauties Meliaceae, Mahoganies Melianthaceae Mendonciaceae Menispermaceae, Moonseeds Menyanthaceae, Buckbeans Metteniusaceae Mimosaceae, Mimosas Misodendraceae Mitrastemonaceae Molluginaceae, Limeaceae Monimiaceae, Monimias Monotropaceae, Indian pipe Montiaceae Montiniaceae Moraceae, Mulberries Moringaceae, Horseradish tree Muntingiaceae Myodocarpaceae Myoporaceae, Bastard sandalwood Myricaceae, Bayberries Myristicaceae, Nutmegs Myrothamnaceae Myrsinaceae, Coral-berries Myrtaceae, Bottlebrushes Nelumbonaceae Nepenthaceae Neuradaceae Nitrariaceae Nolanaceae Nothofagaceae Nyctaginaceae, Four-o-clocks Nymphaeaceae, Spatterdock Nyssaceae Ochnaceae, Mickey mouse plant Olacaceae, Arana Oleaceae, Fringe tree Oliniaceae Onagraceae, Evening-primroses Oncothecaceae Opiliaceae, Opilia Orobanchaceae, Broomrapes Oxalidaceae, Irish shamrock Paeoniaceae Pandaceae Papaveraceae, Bleedingheart Paracryphiaceae Passifloraceae, Passion-flowers Paulowniaceae Pedaliaceae, Benne Pellicieraceae Penaeaceae Pentadiplandraceae Pentaphragmataceae Pentaphylacaceae Penthoraceae Peraceae Peridiscaceae Phrymaceae, Lopseed Phyllanthaceae Phyllonomaceae Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae, Bloodberry Picramniaceae Picrodendraceae Piperaceae, Peppers Pittosporaceae, Japanese pittosporum Plantaedicotyledoneaeamaranthaceae Plantaginaceae, Plantains Platanaceae, Lacewood Plocospermataceae Plumbaginaceae, Thrifts Podostemaceae, Riverweed Polemoniaceae, Jacobs-ladder Polygalaceae, Milkworts Polygonaceae, Buckwheats Portulacaceae, Fameflower Primulaceae, Primroses Proteaceae, Silk-oak Punicaceae, Pomegranates Putranjivaceae Pyrolaceae, Spotted wintergreen Quiinaceae, Quiinas Quillajaceae Rafflesiaceae, Rafflesias Ranunculaceae, Buttercups Resedaceae, Mignonettes Retziaceae Rhabdodendraceae Rhamnaceae, Buckthorns Rhizophoraceae, Red mangroves Rhoipteleaceae Roridulaceae Rosaceae, Avens Rousseaceae Rubiaceae, Bluets Rutaceae, Boxthorn Sabiaceae, Aguacatillo Saccifoliaceae Salicaceae, Aspens Salvadoraceae Santalaceae, Bastard toadflax Sapindaceae, Soapberries Sapotaceae, Sapotes Sarcobataceae Sarcolaenaceae Sargentodoxaceae Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher plants Saururaceae, Water-dragon Saxifragaceae, Alumroots Schisandraceae Schlegeliaceae Schoepfiaceae Scrophulariaceae, Figworts Scyphostegiaceae Scytopetalaceae Setchellanthaceae Simaroubaceae, Simarouba Simmondsiaceae Siparunaceae Sladeniaceae Solanaceae, Henbane Sonneratiaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Sphenocleaceae Stachyuraceae Stackhousiaceae Staphyleaceae, Bladdernuts Stegnospermataceae Sterculiaceae, Cacaoes Stilbaceae Strasburgeriaceae Stylidiaceae Styracaceae, Storaxes Surianaceae Symplocaceae, Sweetleafs Talinaceae Tamaricaceae, Tamarisks Tapisciaceae Tepuianthaceae Tetracentraceae Tetrachondraceae Tetramelaceae Tetrameristaceae Theaceae, Gordoniaceae_homonym Theligonaceae Theophrastaceae, Theophrastas Thomandersiaceae Thymelaeaceae, Mezereums Ticodendraceae, Ticodendrons Tiliaceae, Jutes Torricelliaceae Tovariaceae, Tovarias Trapaceae, Water Chestnut Family Tremandraceae Trigoniaceae, Trigonias Trimeniaceae Trochodendraceae Tropaeolaceae, Nasturtiums Turneraceae, Turnera Ulmaceae, Elms Urticaceae, Banyans Vahliaceae Valerianaceae, Valerians Verbenaceae, Queens-wreath Violaceae, Pansies Viscaceae, Christmas mistletoes Vitaceae, Boston-ivy Vivianiaceae Vochysiaceae, Vochysias Winteraceae, Winteras Xanthophyllaceae Zygophyllaceae, Caltrops Overview Dicots comprise the group of flowering plants (angiosperms) having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination. Unlike the conifers (gymnosperms), these broadleaved plants have ovules enclosed for protection, in an ovary. Following successful fertilization, the ovules develop into seeds. Most tropical trees are dicots. Identification IDnature guides are available for the following: North American Trees Other dicots Phylogeny Taxonomic Category Scientific Name Common Name Kingdom Plantae Green plants Division Dicotyledoneae Dicots Geographic distribution Checklists Vascular Plants, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina & Tennessee Flora, Oconee National Forest, Georgia Links to other sites International Plant Names Index -- database of plant names References Gauld, Ian D. and Barry Bolton (Eds.) 1988. The Hymenoptera. British Museum (Natural History). Oxford University Press, New York. ISBN 0-19-858521-7. 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