dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

Magnoliidae, ranalian complex, subclass Magnoliidae - a group of families or 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

Annonaceae, custard-apple family, family Annonaceae - chiefly tropical trees or shrubs

barberry family, Berberidaceae, family Berberidaceae - shrubs or herbs

Calycanthaceae, calycanthus family, family Calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family - shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia

Ceratophyllaceae, family Ceratophyllaceae - coextensive with the genus Ceratophyllum: hornworts

Cercidiphyllaceae, family Cercidiphyllaceae - 1 genus

family Lardizabalaceae, lardizabala family, Lardizabalaceae - thick-stemmed lianas and some shrubs; some have edible fruit

family Lauraceae, Lauraceae, laurel family - a family of Lauraceae

family Magnoliaceae, magnolia family, Magnoliaceae - subclass Magnoliidae: genera Liriodendron; Magnolia; Manglietia

family Menispermaceae, Menispermaceae, moonseed family - herbaceous or woody climbers

family Myristicaceae, Myristicaceae, nutmeg family - family of aromatic tropical trees with arillate seeds

family Nymphaeaceae, Nymphaeaceae, water-lily family - dicot aquatic plants

Nelumbonaceae, subfamily Nelumbonaceae - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the single genus Nelumbo

Cabombaceae, subfamily Cabombaceae, water-shield family - in some classifications considered an independent family of water lilies; comprises the genera Cabomba and Brasenia

family Paeoniaceae, Paeoniaceae, peony family - perennial rhizomatous herbs and shrubs; of temperate Europe and North America

buttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae, Ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae

family Winteraceae, winter's bark family, Winteraceae - small family of chiefly tropical shrubs and trees of genera Drimys and Pseudowintera; sometimes included in Magnoliaceae