Glumiflorae
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Glumiflorae is a descriptive botanical name
. It was used in the Wettstein system
for an order
of flowering plant
s. The order consisted of one family only:
The APG II system
, used here, assigns the grass family to the order Poales
. Other names for the order including the grass family are Glumaceae
and Graminales.
However, this name Glumiflorae was used in the Hutchinson system
(first edition, first volume, 1926) for a taxon
(above the rank of order) that included the grass family.
Descriptive botanical names
Descriptive botanical names are names that are governed by Article 16 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature , which rules that a name above the rank of family may be either descriptive or formed from the name of an included family...
. It was used in the Wettstein system
Wettstein system
A system of plant taxonomy, the Wettstein system recognised the following main groups, according to* I. phylum Schizophyta*::: 1. classis Schizophyceae*::: 2. classis Schizomycetes* II. phylum Monadophyta* III. phylum Myxophyta...
for an order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
of flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s. The order consisted of one family only:
- order Glumiflorae
- family Gramineae
The APG II system
APG II system
The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
, used here, assigns the grass family to the order Poales
Poales
Poales is a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, and sedges. Sixteen plant families are currently recognized by botanists to be part of Poales....
. Other names for the order including the grass family are Glumaceae
Glumaceae
Glumaceae is a descriptive botanical name. It was used in the Bentham & Hooker system for the order including the grass family:* order Glumaceae*: family Eriocauleae*: family Centrolepideae*: family Restiaceae...
and Graminales.
However, this name Glumiflorae was used in the Hutchinson system
Hutchinson system
A system of plant taxonomy, the Hutchinson system was published inThis classification is according to the 1st Edition in 2 volumes, 1926–1934, Volume 1: Monocotyledonae and Volume 2:Dicotyledonae....
(first edition, first volume, 1926) for a taxon
Taxon
|thumb|270px|[[African elephants]] form a widely-accepted taxon, the [[genus]] LoxodontaA taxon is a group of organisms, which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit. Usually a taxon is given a name and a rank, although neither is a requirement...
(above the rank of order) that included the grass family.
External links
- Glumiflorae from UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology