Liliidae
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Liliidae is a botanical name
at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Liliaceae
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treats this as one of six subclasses within class Liliopsida
(= monocotyledons). This subclass consists of:
treats this as one of four subclasses within class Liliopsida (= monocotyledons), and it consists of:
and the Thorne system (1992)
this is an important name: this subclass comprises the monocotyledons (in APG II these are the monocots).
and APG II system
s do not use formal botanical name
s above the rank of order, and names such as Liliopsida and Liliidae have no place in these systems.
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Liliaceae
Liliaceae
The Liliaceae, or the lily family, is a family of monocotyledons in the order Liliales. Plants in this family have linear leaves, mostly with parallel veins but with several having net venation , and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have rhizomes...
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Liliidae in Takhtajan system
The Takhtajan systemTakhtajan system
A system of plant taxonomy, the Takhtajan system of plant classification was published by Armen Takhtajan, in several versions from the 1950s onwards. It is usually compared to the Cronquist system. Key publications:-External links:* Takhtajan system at...
treats this as one of six subclasses within class Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae . It is considered synonymous with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli : see author citation...
(= monocotyledons). This subclass consists of:
- subclass Liliidae
- superorder LilianaeLilianaeLilianae is a botanical name, in use for a superorder . Such a superorder will of necessity include the family Liliaceae...
- order Melanthiales
- order Colchicales
- order Trilliales
- order LilialesLilialesLiliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...
- order Alstroemeriales
- order Iridales
- order Tecophilaeales
- order Burmanniales
- order Hypoxidales
- order OrchidalesOrchidalesOrchidales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while...
- order Amaryllidales
- order AsparagalesAsparagalesAsparagales is the name of an order of plants, used in modern classification systems such as the APG III system . The order takes its name from the family Asparagaceae and is placed in the monocots. The order has only recently been recognized in classification systems...
- order Xanthorrhoeales
- order Hanguanales
- superorder Dioscoreanae
- order Stemonales
- order Smilacales
- order DioscorealesDioscorealesDioscoreales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Dioscoreaceae.In the APG II system, of 2003, this order was placed in the clade monocots and comprised the families Burmanniaceae, Dioscoreaceae and Nartheciaceae.Under the APG system of 1998,...
- order Taccales
- superorder Lilianae
Liliidae in Cronquist system
The Cronquist systemCronquist system
The Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's system places flowering plants into two...
treats this as one of four subclasses within class Liliopsida (= monocotyledons), and it consists of:
- subclass Liliidae
- order LilialesLilialesLiliales is an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants. This order of necessity includes the family Liliaceae, but both the family and the order have had a widely disputed history, with the circumscription varying greatly from one taxonomist to another...
- order OrchidalesOrchidalesOrchidales is a botanical name of an order of flowering plants. In taxonomical systems, this is a relatively recent name as early systems used descriptive botanical names for the order containing the orchids. The Bentham & Hooker and the Engler systems had the orchids in order Microspermae while...
- order Liliales
Liliidae in Dahlgren and Thorne systems
In the Dahlgren systemDahlgren system
One of the modern systems of plant taxonomy, the Dahlgren system was published by monocot specialist Rolf Dahlgren. His wife Gertrud Dahlgren carried on after his death.According to the extensive listing by Professor Reveal One of the modern systems of plant taxonomy, the Dahlgren system was...
and the Thorne system (1992)
Thorne system (1992)
A modern system of plant taxonomy, the Thorne system of plant classification was drawn up by the botanist Robert F. Thorne . He replaced it in 2000 with a new system. These two systems were published in:...
this is an important name: this subclass comprises the monocotyledons (in APG II these are the monocots).
Dahlgren
- subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons]
- superorder Alismatanae
- superorder Triuridanae
- superorder Aranae
- superorder LilianaeLilianaeLilianae is a botanical name, in use for a superorder . Such a superorder will of necessity include the family Liliaceae...
- superorder Bromelianae
- superorder Zingiberanae
- superorder Commelinanae
- superorder Arecanae
- superorder Cyclanthanae
- superorder Pandananae
Thorne (1992)
(in the version of the system as depicted by Reveal)- subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons ]
- superorder LilianaeLilianaeLilianae is a botanical name, in use for a superorder . Such a superorder will of necessity include the family Liliaceae...
- superorder Hydatellanae
- superorder Triuridanae
- superorder Aranae
- superorder Cyclanthanae
- superorder Pandananae
- superorder Arecanae
- superorder Commelinanae
- superorder Lilianae
Liliidae in APG II system
The APGAPG system
The APG system of plant classification is the first, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was superseded in 2003 by a revision, the APG II system, and then in 2009 by a further...
and 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...
s do not use formal botanical name
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
s above the rank of order, and names such as Liliopsida and Liliidae have no place in these systems.