dicot genus

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dicot genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination magnoliopsid genus genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants class Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledones, class Magnoliopsida, Dicotyledonae, Dicotyledones, Magnoliopsida - comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae genus Myrica, Myrica - deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees Comptonia, genus Comptonia - one species: sweet fern genus Leitneria, Leitneria - one species: corkwood Apocynum, genus Apocynum - perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers Acocanthera, Acokanthera, genus Acocanthera, genus Acokanthera - small genus of trees and shrubs containing strongly toxic cardiac glycosides; Arabia to Africa Adenium, genus Adenium - one species: succulent shrub or tree of tropical Africa and Arabia genus Allamanda - genus of tropical American woody vines Alstonia, genus Alstonia - genus of evergreen trees or shrubs with white funnel-shaped flowers and milky sap; tropical Africa to southeastern Asia and Polynesia Amsonia, genus Amsonia - genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America Beaumontia, genus Beaumontia - small genus of evergreen woody vines in the East Indies and Asia genus Carissa - Old World genus of tropical evergreen usually spiny shrubs Catharanthus, genus Catharanthus - small genus of erect annual or perennial herbs native to Madagascar; widely naturalized in the tropics; formerly included in genus Vinca genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena - genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia Dipladenia, genus Dipladenia, genus Mandevilla, Mandevilla - genus of tropical South American tuberous perennial woody vines with large racemose flowers and milky sap genus Nerium, Nerium - one species: oleander genus Plumeria, Plumeria, Plumiera - deciduous shrubs and trees of tropical America having branches like candelabra and fragrant white or pink flowers genus Rauvolfia, genus Rauwolfia - pantropical genus of somewhat poisonous shrubs and small trees genus Strophanthus - genus of tropical Asiatic and African shrubs and woody vines and small trees genus Tabernaemontana, Tabernaemontana - evergreen tropical trees and shrubs with milky sap genus Thevetia, Thevetia - genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers genus Trachelospermum, Trachelospermum - genus of Asiatic woody vines with milky sap in leaves and stems genus Vinca, Vinca - periwinkles: low creeping evergreen perennials Aristolochia, genus Aristolochia - birthworts; Dutchman's-pipe Asarum, genus Asarum - wild ginger genus Nopalea, Nopalea - a genus of the cactus family with scarlet flowers genus Primula - very large and important genus of plants of temperate Europe and Asia having showy flowers Anagallis, genus Anagallis - chiefly Old World herbs