Dilleniidae

Subclass of flowering plants

Dilleniidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass.[1][2] Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used; the only requirement being that it includes the family Dilleniaceae. A well-known system that uses this name is the Cronquist system, and in the original 1981 version of the system the circumscription was:

  • subclass Dilleniidae
    order Dilleniales
    order Theales
    order Malvales
    order Lecythidales
    order Nepenthales
    order Violales
    order Salicales
    order Capparales
    order Batales
    order Ericales
    order Diapensiales
    order Ebenales
    order Primulales

Recent molecular systematic studies have shown that this group is polyphyletic. The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank of order but assigns the plants involved to various orders in the asterids and rosids clades.

References

  1. ^ Mauseth, James D. (2003). Botany: An Introduction to Plant Biology. Jones & Bartlett Learning. p. 774. ISBN 978-0-7637-2134-3.
  2. ^ Walters, Dirk R.; Keil, David J. (1996). Vascular Plant Taxonomy. Kendall Hunt. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-7872-2108-9.

Further reading

  1. ^ Holmgren, Noel H.; Cronquist, Arthur; Holmgren, Patricia K. (2005). Subclass 'Dilleniidae'. New York Botanical Garden. ISBN 978-0-89327-469-6.