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Dicots

Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants. By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its circumscription can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being discussed. A Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy called “Preliminary Taxonomic Study on Homestead Flora of Four Districts of Bangladesh: Magnoliopsida” describes the Magnoliopsida species as a class of flowering plants also known as Dicotyledons which comprises 455

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53 branches of this class, most-observed first

Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies

orderAsterales

Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies

orderLamiales

Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies

orderRosales

pinks, cactuses, and allies

orderCaryophyllales

Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies

orderFabales

Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies

orderEricales

Nances, Willows, and Allies

orderMalpighiales

Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies

orderRanunculales

Gentians, Dogbanes, Madders, and Allies

orderGentianales

beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies

orderFagales

Soapberries, Cashews, Mahoganies, and Allies

orderSapindales

carrots, ivies, and allies

orderApiales

Mustards, Capers, and Allies

orderBrassicales

myrtles, evening primroses, and allies

orderMyrtales

nightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies

orderSolanales

Mallows, Rock Roses, and Allies

orderMalvales

honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies

orderDipsacales

saxifrages, stonecrops, and allies

orderSaxifragales

borages

orderBoraginales

geraniums, bridal wreaths, and allies

orderGeraniales

dogwoods, hydrangeas, and allies

orderCornales

Woodsorrels, Quandongs, and Allies

orderOxalidales

proteas, lotuses, planes, and allies

orderProteales

Grapes and Allies

orderVitales

begonias, gourds, and allies

orderCucurbitales

magnolias, nutmegs, and allies

orderMagnoliales

staff-vines and allies

orderCelastrales

laurels, spicebushes, and allies

orderLaurales

Hollies and Allies

orderAquifoliales

pepper plants, birthworts, and allies

orderPiperales

sandalwoods, mistletoes, and allies

orderSantalales

Caltrops and Ratanies

orderZygophyllales

Waterlilies, Fanworts, and Allies

orderNymphaeales

Guinea-flowers and allies

orderDilleniales

boxes and Pachysandras

orderBuxales

silktassels and Gutta-percha

orderGarryales

rockflowers, bladdernuts, and allies

orderCrossosomatales

blacktips, columellias, and allies

orderBruniales

Gunneras and resurrection plants

orderGunnerales

Escalloniales

orderEscalloniales

Coontails

orderCeratophyllales

canellas, winter's-bark, and allies

orderCanellales

austrobaileya, anises, and allies

orderAustrobaileyales

Chloranthales

orderChloranthales

Metteniusas and Allies

orderMetteniusales

cartwheel trees and Tetracentrons

orderTrochodendrales

Icacina, Oncotheca and Allies

orderIcacinales

Picramniales

orderPicramniales

Paracryphiales

orderParacryphiales

tape-vines, olivillo, and allies

orderBerberidopsidales

Dipentodon, Gerrardina, Petenaea, Tapiscia and Allies

orderHuerteales

Vahlia and Allies

orderVahliales

Amborellas

orderAmborellales

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