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Dicotyledoneae
DICOTS; DICOTYLEDONAE; ANGIOSPERMS; FLOWERING PLANTS; FLOWERS; FRUITS; SEEDS; VASCULAR PLANTS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPSIDA
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Rhododendron vaseyi
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Rhododendron vaseyi
Cercis canadensis
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Cercis canadensis
Halesia carolina
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Halesia carolina
Hedyotis caerulea
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Hedyotis caerulea
Magnolia grandiflora
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Magnolia grandiflora
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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.

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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


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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.

Acknowledgements
This page written and compiled by Robert Magill and Kay Yatskievych of the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, with Irina Kim, and John Pickering of the University of Georgia, Athens. We thank Cassie Lloyd for technical support in developing this page.

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