- Liliidae
Liliidae is a
botanical name at the rank of subclass. of the subclass will vary with the being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the familyLiliaceae .Liliidae in Takhtajan system
The
Takhtajan system treats this as one of six subclasses within classLiliopsida (=monocotyledons ). This subclass consists of:
* subclass Liliidae
*: superorderLilianae
*:: orderMelanthiales
*:: orderColchicales
*:: orderTrilliales
*:: orderLiliales
*:: orderAlstroemeriales
*:: orderIridales
*:: orderTecophilaeales
*:: orderBurmanniales
*:: orderHypoxidales
*:: orderOrchidales
*:: orderAmaryllidales
*:: orderAsparagales
*:: orderXanthorrhoeales
*:: orderHanguanales
*: superorderDioscoreanae
*:: orderStemonales
*:: orderSmilacales
*:: orderDioscoreales
*:: orderTaccales Liliidae in Cronquist system
The
Cronquist system treats this as one of four subclasses within class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons ), and it consists of:
* subclass Liliidae
*: orderLiliales
*: orderOrchidales Liliidae in Dahlgren and Thorne systems
In the
Dahlgren system and theThorne system (1992) this is an important name: this subclass comprises themonocotyledons (in APG II these are themonocots ).Dahlgren
* subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons]
*: superorderAlismatanae
*: superorderTriuridanae
*: superorderAranae
*: superorderLilianae
*: superorderBromelianae
*: superorderZingiberanae
*: superorderCommelinanae
*: superorderArecanae
*: superorderCyclanthanae
*: superorderPandananae Thorne (1992)
(in the version of the system as depicted by Reveal)
* subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons ]
*: superorderLilianae
*: superorderHydatellanae
*: superorderTriuridanae
*: superorderAranae
*: superorderCyclanthanae
*: superorderPandananae
*: superorderArecanae
*: superorderCommelinanae Liliidae in APG II system
The APG and
APG II system s do not use formalbotanical name s above the rank of order, and names such as Liliopsida and Liliidae have no place in these systems.
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