A TAXONOMY OF THE ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA (CRONQUIST, 1981)
| The system of Cronquist (1981) is characteristic of the classical systems of flowering plant taxonomy. The higher taxa are defined by characteristics of the vegetative and reproductive structures, and therefore, quite useful. The flowering plants as defined by Cronquist (1981) have 148 families; therefore, the orders, families and genera given here are meant as examples only. Numbers within parentheses indicate the number of taxa within the next lower rank contained within that taxon. For example, Subclass Magnoliidae (8) means that the subclass contains 8 orders. |
CLASS MAGNOLIOPSIDA
- SUBCLASS MAGNOLIIDAE (8)
- ORDER MAGNOLIALES (10)
- Family Magnoliaceae: Magnolia, Liriodendron
- ORDER RANNUNCULALES (8)
- Family Rannunculaceae: Rannunculus
- ORDER PAPAVERALES (2)
- Family Papaveraceae: Papaver
- ORDER MAGNOLIALES (10)
- SUBCLASS HAMAMELIDAE (11)
- ORDER URTICALES (6)
- Family Moraceae: Morus, Cannabis, Humulus, Ficus
- ORDER JUGLANDALES (2)
- Family Juglandaceae: Juglans, Carya
- ORDER FAGALES (3)
- Family Fagaceae: Fagus, Quercus, Castanea
- ORDER URTICALES (6)
- SUBCLASS CARYOPHYLLIDAE (3)
- ORDER CARYOPHYLLALES (12)
- Family Cactaceae: Opuntia, Lophophora
- ORDER CARYOPHYLLALES (12)
- SUBCLASS DILLENIIDAE (13)
- ORDER MALVALES (12)
- Family Malvaceae: Gossypium, Hibiscus
- ORDER VIOLALES (24)
- Family Violaceae: Viola
- Family Cucurbitaceae: Cucurbita, Cucumis, Pepo
- ORDER SALICALES (1)
- Family Salicaceae: Salix, Populus
- ORDER CAPPARALES (5)
- Family Brassicaceae: Brassica, Raphanus
- ORDER ERICALES (8)
- Family Ericaceae: Erica, Vaccinum, Rhododendron, Kalmia
- ORDER MALVALES (12)
- SUBCLASS ROSIDAE (18)
- ORDER ROSALES (24)
- Family Rosaceae: Rosa, Malus, Prunus, Frageria, Rubus
- ORDER FABALES (3)
- Family Fabaceae: Faba, Pisum, Phaseolus
- ORDER EUPHORBIALES (4)
- Family Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia, Hevea
- ORDER SAPINDALES (15)
- Family Aceraceae: Acer
- Family Rutaceae: Citrus
- ORDER APIALES (2)
- Family Apiaceae: Apium, Daucus, Conium
- ORDER ROSALES (24)
- SUBCLASS ASTERIDAE (11)
- ORDER SOLANALES (8)
- Family Solanaceae: Solanum, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana
- ORDER LAMIALES (4)
- Family Lamiaceae: Lamium, Mentha, Salvia
- ORDER ASTERALES (1)
- Family Asteraceae: Aster, Lactuca, Helianthus
- ORDER SOLANALES (8)
CLASS LILIOPSIDA
- SUBCLASS ALISMATIDAE (4)
- ORDER ALISMATALES (3)
- Family Alismataceae: Sagittaria
- SUBCLASS ARECIDAE (4)
- ORDER ARECALES (1)
- Family Arecaceae: Cocos, Phoenix
- ORDER ARALES (2)
- Family Aracaceae: Caladium, Colocasia
- ORDER ARECALES (1)
- SUBCLASS COMMELINIDAE (7)
- ORDER CYPERALES (2)
- Family Poaceae: Poa, Oryza, Triticum, Secale, Hordeum, Zea
- SUBCLASS ZINGIBERIDAE (2)
- ORDER BROMELIALES (1)
- Family Bromeliaceae: Ananas, Tillansia
- ORDER ZINGIBERALES (8)
- Family Musaceae: Musa
- ORDER BROMELIALES (1)
- SUBCLASS LILIIDAE (2)
- ORDER LILIALES (15)
- Family Liliaceae: Lilium, Asparagus
- ORDER ORCHIDALES (4)
- Family Orchidaceae: Orchis, Vanilla
- ORDER LILIALES (15)
| By Jack R. Holt. Last revised: 04/05/2009 |
