Thurniaceae
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Thurniaceae is the botanical name
for a family
of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists.
The APG II system
, of 2003, also recognizes such a family, and assigns it to the order Poales
in the clade commelinids
, in the monocots. The family consists of two genera, totalling only a few species, perennial plants of wet habitats.
This represents a slight change from the APG system
, 1998, which treated the two genera as each constituting their own family (Prioniaceae and Thurniaceae), both placed in the order Poales.
The Cronquist system
, of 1981, also recognized such a family and placed it in the order Juncales
in the subclass Commelinidae
in class Liliopsida
in division Magnoliophyta.
The Wettstein system
, last update in 1935, placed the family in order Liliiflorae
.
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...
for a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists.
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 It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
, of 2003, also recognizes such a family, and assigns it 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....
in the clade commelinids
Commelinids
In plant taxonomy, commelinids is a name used by the APG III system for a clade within the monocots, which in its turn is a clade within the angiosperms. The commelinids are the only clade that the APG has informally named within the monocots...
, in the monocots. The family consists of two genera, totalling only a few species, perennial plants of wet habitats.
This represents a slight change from the APG system
APG 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...
, 1998, which treated the two genera as each constituting their own family (Prioniaceae and Thurniaceae), both placed in the order Poales.
The Cronquist system
Cronquist 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...
, of 1981, also recognized such a family and placed it in the order Juncales
Juncales
Juncales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. In the Engler system and in the Cronquist system it is circumscribed as:* order Juncales*: family Juncaceae...
in the subclass Commelinidae
Commelinidae
Commelinidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used ; the only requirement being that it includes the family Commelinaceae...
in 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...
in division Magnoliophyta.
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...
, last update in 1935, placed the family in order Liliiflorae
Liliiflorae
Liliiflorae is a botanical name, which may be used for a taxon at a rank above that of family, but not for a rank where Art. 16 or 17 of the ICBN prescribes a standardised ending....
.
External links
- Thurniaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27 April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser