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Magnoliophyta

Division

The flowering plants (angiosperms): seed plants whose reproductive structures are flowers, and whose seeds develop enclosed within a fruit. Magnoliophyta is by far the largest plant division, dominating most of Earth's terrestrial vegetation and including nearly every food crop humans cultivate.

Facts
Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
295,000 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Phylum / Division 1
Scientific Name
Magnoliophyta 1
Magnoliophyta
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Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

Parent Taxon Of

Liliopsida, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Magnoliopsida, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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