Arecidae

Arecidae

Arecidae 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 family Arecaceae.

Arecidae in the Takhtajan system

The Takhtajan system used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons).

* subclass Arecidae
*: superorder Arecanae
*:: order Arecales
*::: family Arecaceae (or Palmae)

Arecidae in the Cronquist system

The Cronquist system (1981) used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons), with the :

* subclass Arecidae
*: order Arecales
*:: family Arecaceae (or Palmae)
*: order Cyclanthales
*:: family Cyclanthaceae
*: order Pandanales
*:: family Pandanaceae
*: order Arales
*:: family Acoraceae
*:: family Araceae
*:: family Lemnaceae

APG II system

The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank of order; it assigns the plants included in this subclass by Cronquist in various taxa throughout the clade monocots. In other words, by today's standards Cronquist's subclass was not a "good" group.


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