The term 'dicot' traditionally referred to flowering plants with two embryonic seed leaves (cotyledons). Recent molecular evidence reveals they do not form a clade and are now classified into eudicots, magnoliids, and other lineages, indicating they are not a natural grouping.
El término 'dicot' se usaba tradicionalmente para las plantas con dos cotiledones. La evidencia molecular reciente muestra que no forman un clado; ahora se clasifican en eudicotiledóneas, magnólidas y otras, indicando que las dicotiledóneas no son un grupo natural.
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| Back | A term traditionally used to refer to flowering plants that have two embryonic seed leaves, or cotyledons. Recent molecular evidence indicates that dicots do not form a clade; species once classified as dicots are now grouped into eudicots, magnoliids, and several lineages of basal angiosperms. |
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