Choripetalae

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(1876), is a descriptive botanical name used in the

and Wettstein systems to categorize a group of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s. It represents one of two subdivisions within the

Dicotyledones The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, ...

, with the other being the

Sympetalae Sympetally (fused petals) is a flower characteristic that historically was used to classify a grouping of plants termed Sympetalae, but this term has been abandoned in newer molecular based classifications, although the grouping has similarity to ...

. The latter have fused

petals Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''coroll ...

(sympetaly) which distinguishes them from the free, unfused petals of the Choripetalae.''History of Taxonomy, 1875-1926.''
Bihrmann's Caudiciforms. Accessed on August 10, 2011. Thus if the petals are free from one another in the corolla, the plant is ''polypetalous'' or ''choripetalous''; whereas for those petals at least partially fused together, it is ''gamopetalous'' or ''sympetalous''.

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Historically recognized angiosperm taxa {{Botany-stub

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