The dicotyledons, also known as dicots, are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely,
Dicotyledon plantlet
Young castor oil plant showing its prominent two embryonic leaves (cotyledons), which differ from the adult leaves
Bruniales is an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of eudicots. Under the APG IV system of flowering plant classification the order consists of two families: Bruniaceae, which ar