What is "magnoliidae"

Magnoliidae \Magnoliidae\ n. a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants; contains 36 families including Magnoliaceae and Ranunculaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder.

Syn: subclass Magnoliidae, ranalian complex.

Dicotyledonae \Dicotyledonae\ n. (Bot.) a class of plants comprising those seed plants that produce an embryo with two 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.

Syn: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida.

Magnoliidae is a botanical subclass name; it may refer to:

• Magnoliids, a major group of basal angiosperms.
• Magnoliidae sensu Chase & Reveal, a botanical subclass consisting of all angiosperms.
• In the Dahlgren and Thorne systems, a group consisting of the Dicotyledons (Class Magnoliopsida in the Cronquist system)
• Contains 8 Orders and 1082 accepted taxa overall