Dicotyledones

Also known as Exogens, Dicotyledoneae, dicot, dicotyledon, dicotyledons, dicots

thumb|Dicotyledon plantlet thumb|200px|Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves ([[cotyledons), which differ from the adult leaves]]

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Dicotyledones are flowering plants that have two embryonic leaves (called cotyledons) when they first sprout, which you can see in seeds like beans or castor oil plants. They make up a major group of flowering plants and include many common species like trees, shrubs, and herbs that are important to ecosystems and human use.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Dicotyledones is referenced by 703 other articles, and connects out to Lamiales, Caryophyllales and Angiosperms.

It is catalogued under topics including Historically recognized angiosperm taxa and Paraphyletic groups.

Its subject is documented across 81 Wikipedia language editions.

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 3
With media: 1
Collections: NHMUK
Recorded in: Belize, Australia, Costa Rica

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Image: Lamium album (1).JPG

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taxon rank: class
taxon name: Dicotyledones
exact match: cat.aii.caas.cn/concept/42278

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Comparison with monocotyledons
Classification
Phylogeny
Historical
APG vs. Cronquist
Dahlgren and Thorne systems
See also
References
External links

thumb|Dicotyledon plantlet thumb|200px|Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves ([[cotyledons), which differ from the adult leaves]]

The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, that the seed has two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. There are around 200,000 species within this group. The other group of flowering plants were called monocotyledons (or monocots), typically each having one cotyledon. Historically, these two groups formed the two divisions of the flowering plants.

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