APG III
APG III (2009) is the precedent Angiosperms phylogenic classification made by the APG (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group).
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Short version
- clade angiosperms
- order Amborellales
- order Nymphaeales
- order Austrobaileyales
- order Chloranthales
- clade magnoliids
- order Canellales
- order Laurales
- order Magnoliales
- order Piperales
- clade monocots
- order Acorales
- order Alismatales
- order Asparagales
- order Dioscoreales
- order Liliales
- order Pandanales
- order Petrosaviales
- clade commelinids
- family Dasypogonaceae -- unplaced in an order
- order Arecales
- order Commelinales
- order Poales
- order Zingiberales
- probable sister of eudicots
- order Ceratophyllales
- clade eudicots
- family Sabiaceae -- unplaced in an order
- order Buxales
- order Proteales
- order Ranunculales
- order Trochodendrales
- clade core eudicots
- family Dilleniaceae -- unplaced in an order
- order Gunnerales
- order Saxifragales
- clade rosids
- order Vitales
- clade Eurosids I (fabids)
- order Celastrales
- order Cucurbitales
- order Fabales
- order Fagales
- order Malpighiales
- order Oxalidales
- order Rosales
- order Zygophyllales
- clade Eurosids II (malvids)
- order Brassicales
- order Crossosomatales
- order Geraniales
- order Huerteales
- order Malvales
- order Myrtales
- order Picramniales
- order Sapindales
- (back to core eudicots)
- order Berberidopsidales
- order Caryophyllales
- order Santalales
- clade asterids
- clade euasterids I (lamiids)
- family Boraginaceae -- unplaced in an order
- family Vahliaceae -- unplaced in an order
- family Icacinaceae -- unplaced in an order
- family Metteniusaceae -- unplaced in an order
- family Oncothecaceae -- unplaced in an order
- order Garryales
- order Gentianales
- order Lamiales
- order Solanales
- clade euasterids II (campanulids)
- order Apiales
- order Aquifoliales
- order Asterales
- order Bruniales
- order Dipsacales
- order Escalloniales
- order Paracryphiales
Detailed version (with all families)
Legend:
* = new family placement;
† = newly recognized order for the APG system;
§ = new family circumscription described in the text;
$ = families that represent the broader circumscription of options available in APG II and favoured here;
$$ = families that were in square brackets in APG II, the narrower circumscriptions favoured here.
Angiosperms
- †Amborellales Melikyan, A.V.Bobrov & Zaytzeva
- Amborellaceae Pichon
- †Nymphaeales Salisb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- $$Cabombaceae Rich. ex A.Rich.
- *Hydatellaceae U.Hamann
- $$Nymphaeaceae Salisb.
- Austrobaileyales Takht. ex Reveal
- Austrobaileyaceae Croizat
- $Schisandraceae Blume (including Illiciaceae A.C.Sm.)
- Trimeniaceae L.S.Gibbs
- †Chloranthales R.Br.
- Chloranthaceae R.Br. ex Sims
Magnoliids
- Canellales Cronquist
- Canellaceae Mart.
- Winteraceae R.Br. ex Lindl.
- Piperales Bercht. & J.Presl
- Aristolochiaceae Juss.
- Hydnoraceae C.Agardh
- Lactoridaceae Engl.
- Piperaceae Giseke
- Saururaceae F.Voigt
- Laurales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Atherospermataceae R.Br.
- Calycanthaceae Lindl.
- Gomortegaceae Reiche
- Hernandiaceae Blume
- Lauraceae Juss.
- Monimiaceae Juss.
- Siparunaceae Schodde
- Magnoliales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Annonaceae Juss.
- Degeneriaceae I.W.Bailey & A.C.Sm.
- Eupomatiaceae Orb.
- Himantandraceae Diels
- Magnoliaceae Juss.
- Myristicaceae R.Br.
Monocots
- Acorales Link
- Acoraceae Martinov
- Alismatales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- §Alismataceae Vent. (including Limnocharitaceae Takht. ex Cronquist)
- Aponogetonaceae Planch.
- Araceae Juss.
- Butomaceae Mirb.
- Cymodoceaceae Vines
- Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
- Juncaginaceae Rich.
- Posidoniaceae Vines
- Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Ruppiaceae Horan.
- Scheuchzeriaceae F.Rudolphi
- Tofieldiaceae Takht.
- Zosteraceae Dumort.
- †Petrosaviales Takht.
- Petrosaviaceae Hutch.
- Dioscoreales R.Br.
- Burmanniaceae Blume
- Dioscoreaceae R.Br.
- Nartheciaceae Fr. ex Bjurzon
- Pandanales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Cyclanthaceae Poit. ex A.Rich.
- Pandanaceae R.Br.
- Stemonaceae Caruel
- Triuridaceae Gardner
- Velloziaceae J.Agardh
- Liliales Perleb
- §Alstroemeriaceae Dumort. (including Luzuriagaceae Lotsy)
- Campynemataceae Dumort.
- Colchicaceae DC.
- Corsiaceae Becc.
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Melanthiaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
- *Petermanniaceae Hutch.
- Philesiaceae Dumort.
- Ripogonaceae Conran & Clifford
- Smilacaceae Vent.
- Asparagales Link
- $Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil. (including Agapanthaceae F.Voigt, Alliaceae Borkh.)
- $Asparagaceae Juss. (including Agavaceae Dumort., Aphyllanthaceae Burnett, Hesperocallidaceae Traub, Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh., Laxmanniaceae Bubani, Ruscaceae M.Roem., Themidaceae Salisb.)
- Asteliaceae Dumort.
- Blandfordiaceae R.Dahlgren & Clifford
- Boryaceae M.W.Chase, Rudall & Conran
- Doryanthaceae R.Dahlgren & Clifford
- Hypoxidaceae R.Br.
- Iridaceae Juss.
- Ixioliriaceae Nakai
- Lanariaceae R.Dahlgren & A.E.van Wyk
- Orchidaceae Juss.
- Tecophilaeaceae Leyb.
- $Xanthorrhoeaceae Dumort. (including Asphodelaceae Juss. and Hemerocallidaceae R.Br.)
- Xeronemataceae M.W.Chase, Rudall & M.F.Fay
Commelinids
- Dasypogonaceae Dumort.
- Arecales Bromhead
- Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Commelinales Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Commelinaceae Mirb.
- Haemodoraceae R.Br.
- Hanguanaceae Airy Shaw
- Philydraceae Link
- Pontederiaceae Kunth
- Poales Small
- Anarthriaceae D.F.Cutler & Airy Shaw
- Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Centrolepidaceae Endl.
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Ecdeiocoleaceae D.F.Cutler & Airy Shaw
- Eriocaulaceae Martinov
- Flagellariaceae Dumort.
- Joinvilleaceae Toml. & A.C.Sm.
- Juncaceae Juss.
- Mayacaceae Kunth
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Rapateaceae Dumort.
- Restionaceae R.Br.
- Thurniaceae Engl.
- §Typhaceae Juss. (including Sparganiaceae Hanin)
- Xyridaceae C.Agardh
- Zingiberales Griseb.
- Cannaceae Juss.
- Costaceae Nakai
- Heliconiaceae Vines
- Lowiaceae Ridl.
- Marantaceae R.Br.
- Musaceae Juss.
- Strelitziaceae Hutch.
- Zingiberaceae Martinov
Probable sister of eudicots
- Ceratophyllales Link
- Ceratophyllaceae Gray
Eudicots
- Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Berberidaceae Juss.
- $Circaeasteraceae Hutch. (including Kingdoniaceae Airy Shaw)
- Eupteleaceae K.Wilh.
- Lardizabalaceae R.Br.
- Menispermaceae Juss.
- $Papaveraceae Juss. (including Fumariaceae Marquis, Pteridophyllaceae Nakai ex Reveal & Hoogland)
- Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Sabiaceae Blume
- Proteales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Nelumbonaceae A.Rich.
- $$Platanaceae T.Lestib.
- $$Proteaceae Juss.
- †Trochodendrales Takht. ex Cronquist
- $Trochodendraceae Eichler (including Tetracentraceae A.C.Sm.)
- †Buxales Takht. ex Reveal
- $Buxaceae Dumort. (including Didymelaceae Leandri)
- *Haptanthaceae C.Nelson
Core eudicots
- Gunnerales Takht. ex Reveal
- $$Gunneraceae Meisn.
- $$Myrothamnaceae Nied.
- Dilleniaceae Salisb.
- Saxifragales Bercht. & J.Presl
- Altingiaceae Horan.
- Aphanopetalaceae Doweld
- Cercidiphyllaceae Engl.
- Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Daphniphyllaceae Müll.-Arg.
- Grossulariaceae DC.
- $$Haloragaceae R.Br.
- Hamamelidaceae R.Br.
- $Iteaceae J.Agardh (including Pterostemonaceae Small)
- Paeoniaceae Raf.
- $$Penthoraceae Rydb. ex Britt.
- *§Peridiscaceae Kuhlm. (including Medusandraceae Brenan, Soyauxia Oliver)
- Saxifragaceae Juss.
- $$Tetracarpaeaceae Nakai
- †Berberidopsidales Doweld
- Aextoxicaceae Engl. & Gilg
- Berberidopsidaceae Takht.
- Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- *Balanophoraceae Rich.
- Loranthaceae Juss.
- Misodendraceae J.Agardh
- Santalaceae R.Br.
- Olacaceae R.Br.
- Opiliaceae Valeton
- *Schoepfiaceae Blume
- Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Achatocarpaceae Heimerl
- Aizoaceae Martinov
- Amaranthaceae Juss.
- *Anacampserotaceae Eggli & Nyffeler
- Ancistrocladaceae Planch. ex Walp.
- Asteropeiaceae Takht. ex Reveal & Hoogland
- Barbeuiaceae Nakai
- Basellaceae Raf.
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Caryophyllaceae Juss.
- §Didiereaceae Radlk.
- Dioncophyllaceae Airy Shaw
- Droseraceae Salisb.
- Drosophyllaceae Chrtek, Slavíková & Studnicka
- Frankeniaceae Desv.
- Gisekiaceae Nakai
- Halophytaceae A.Soriano
- *Limeaceae Shipunov ex Reveal
- *Lophiocarpaceae Doweld & Reveal
- §Molluginaceae Bartl.
- *Montiaceae Raf.
- Nepenthaceae Dumort.
- Nyctaginaceae Juss.
- Physenaceae Takht.
- Phytolaccaceae R.Br.
- Plumbaginaceae Juss.
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- §Portulacaceae Juss.
- Rhabdodendraceae Prance
- Sarcobataceae Behnke
- Simmondsiaceae Tiegh.
- Stegnospermataceae Nakai
- *Talinaceae Doweld
- Tamaricaceae Link
Rosids
Eurosids I
- †Zygophyllales Link
- $$Krameriaceae Dumort.
- $$Zygophyllaceae R.Br.
- Celastrales Link
- $Celastraceae R.Br. (including Lepuropetalaceae Nakai, Parnassiaceae Martinov, Pottingeriaceae Takht.)
- Lepidobotryaceae J.Léonard
- Oxalidales Bercht. & J.Presl
- Brunelliaceae Engl.
- Cephalotaceae Dumort.
- Connaraceae R.Br.
- Cunoniaceae R.Br.
- Elaeocarpaceae Juss. ex DC.
- *Huaceae A.Chev.
- Oxalidaceae R.Br.
- Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Achariaceae Harms
- Balanopaceae Benth. & Hook.f.
- Bonnetiaceae L.Beauvis. ex Nakai
- *Calophyllaceae J.Agardh
- Caryocaraceae Voigt
- *Centroplacaceae Doweld & Reveal
- $$Chrysobalanaceae R.Br.
- §Clusiaceae Lindl.
- Ctenolophonaceae Exell & Mendonça
- $$Dichapetalaceae Baill.
- Elatinaceae Dumort.
- $$§Erythroxylaceae Kunth (including Aneulophus Benth.)
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- $$Euphroniaceae Marc.-Berti
- Goupiaceae Miers
- Humiriaceae A.Juss.
- Hypericaceae Juss.
- Irvingiaceae Exell & Mendonça
- Ixonanthaceae Planch. ex Miq.
- Lacistemataceae Mart.
- Linaceae DC. ex Perleb
- Lophopyxidaceae H.Pfeiff.
- Malpighiaceae Juss.
- $Ochnaceae DC. (including Medusagynaceae Engl. & Gilg, Quiinaceae Choisy)
- Pandaceae Engl. & Gilg
- $Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel (including Malesherbiaceae D.Don, Turneraceae Kunth ex DC.)
- Phyllanthaceae Martinov
- Picrodendraceae Small
- Podostemaceae Rich. ex Kunth
- Putranjivaceae Meisn.
- *Rafflesiaceae Dumort.
- $$Rhizophoraceae Pers.
- Salicaceae Mirb.
- $$Trigoniaceae A.Juss.
- Violaceae Batsch
- Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Anisophylleaceae Ridl.
- Begoniaceae C.Agardh
- Coriariaceae DC.
- Corynocarpaceae Engl.
- Cucurbitaceae Juss.
- Datiscaceae Dumort.
- Tetramelaceae Airy Shaw
- Fabales Bromhead
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Quillajaceae D.Don
- Surianaceae Arn.
- Fagales Engl.
- Betulaceae Gray
- Casuarinaceae R.Br.
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- §Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb (including Rhoipteleaceae Hand.-Mazz.)
- Myricaceae A.Rich. ex Kunth
- Nothofagaceae Kuprian
- Ticodendraceae Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez
- Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
- Barbeyaceae Rendle
- Cannabaceae Martinov
- Dirachmaceae Hutch.
- Elaeagnaceae Juss.
- Moraceae Gaudich.
- Rhamnaceae Juss.
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Ulmaceae Mirb.
- Urticaceae Juss.
Eurosids II
- Geraniales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- $Geraniaceae Juss. (including Hypseocharitaceae Wedd.)
- $Melianthaceae Horan. (including Francoaceae A.Juss.)
- §Vivianiaceae Klotzsch (including Ledocarpaceae Meyen)
- Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Alzateaceae S.A.Graham
- Combretaceae R.Br.
- Crypteroniaceae A.DC.
- Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.
- $Melastomataceae Juss. (including Memecylaceae DC.)
- §Myrtaceae Juss. (including Heteropyxidaceae Engl. & Gilg, Psiloxylaceae Croizat)
- Onagraceae Juss.
- §Penaeaceae Sweet ex Guill. (including Oliniaceae Arn., Rhynchocalycaceae L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs)
- Vochysiaceae A.St.-Hil.
- Crossosomatales Takht. ex Reveal
- *Aphloiaceae Takht.
- Crossosomataceae Engl.
- *Geissolomataceae A.DC.
- *Guamatelaceae S.Oh & D.Potter
- Stachyuraceae J.Agardh
- Staphyleaceae Martinov
- *§Strasburgeriaceae Soler. (including Ixerbaceae Griseb. ex Doweld & Reveal)
- †Picramniales Doweld
- *Picramniaceae Fernando & Quinn
- †Huerteales Doweld
- *Dipentodontaceae Merr.
- *Gerrardinaceae Alford
- Tapisciaceae Takht.
- Brassicales Bromhead
- $Akaniaceae Stapf (including Bretschneideraceae Engl. & Gilg)
- Bataceae Mart. ex Perleb
- §Brassicaceae Burnett
- *Capparaceae Juss.
- Caricaceae Dumort.
- *Cleomaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Emblingiaceae J.Agardh
- Gyrostemonaceae A.Juss.
- Koeberliniaceae Engl.
- Limnanthaceae R.Br.
- Moringaceae Martinov
- Pentadiplandraceae Hutch. & Dalziel
- Resedaceae Martinov
- Salvadoraceae Lindl.
- Setchellanthaceae Iltis
- Tovariaceae Pax
- Tropaeolaceae Juss. ex DC.
- Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- $Bixaceae Kunth (including Cochlospermaceae Planch., Diegodendraceae Capuron)
- Cistaceae Juss.
- *Cytinaceae A.Rich.
- Dipterocarpaceae Blume
- Malvaceae Juss.
- Muntingiaceae C.Bayer, M.W.Chase & M.F.Fay
- Neuradaceae Kostel.
- Sarcolaenaceae Caruel
- Sphaerosepalaceae Tiegh. ex Bullock
- Thymelaeaceae Juss.
- Sapindales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Anacardiaceae R.Br.
- Biebersteiniaceae Schnizl.
- Burseraceae Kunth
- Kirkiaceae Takht.
- Meliaceae Juss.
- $Nitrariaceae Lindl. (including Peganaceae Tiegh. ex Takht., Tetradiclidaceae Takht.)
- Rutaceae Juss.
- Sapindaceae Juss.
- Simaroubaceae DC.
Asterids
- Cornales Link.
- Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl (including Nyssaceae Juss. ex Dumort.)
- Curtisiaceae Takht.
- Grubbiaceae Endl. ex Meisn.
- Hydrangeaceae Dumort.
- Hydrostachyaceae Engl.
- Loasaceae Juss.
- Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
- Actinidiaceae Engl. & Gilg.
- Balsaminaceae A.Rich.
- Clethraceae Klotzsch
- Cyrillaceae Lindl.
- Diapensiaceae Lindl.
- Ebenaceae Gürke
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Fouquieriaceae DC.
- Lecythidaceae A.Rich.
- Marcgraviaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- *Mitrastemonaceae Makino
- $Pentaphylacaceae Engl. (including Ternstroemiaceae Mirb. ex DC.)
- Polemoniaceae Juss.
- §Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh. (including Maesaceae Anderb., B.Ståhl & Källersjö, Myrsinaceae R.Br., Theophrastaceae G.Don)
- Roridulaceae Martinov
- Sapotaceae Juss.
- Sarraceniaceae Dumort.
- $$Sladeniaceae Airy Shaw
- Styracaceae DC. & Spreng.
- Symplocaceae Desf.
- $Tetrameristaceae Hutch. (including Pellicieraceae L.Beauvis.)
- Theaceae Mirb. ex Ker Gawl.
Euasterids I
- §*Boraginaceae Juss. (including Hoplestigmataceae Gilg)
- Vahliaceae Dandy
- Icacinaceae Miers
- Metteniusaceae H.Karst. ex Schnizl.
- Oncothecaceae Kobuski ex Airy Shaw
- Garryales Lindl.
- Eucommiaceae Engl.
- $Garryaceae Lindl. (including Aucubaceae Bercht. & J.Presl)
- Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Apocynaceae Juss.
- Gelsemiaceae Struwe & V.A.Albert
- Gentianaceae Juss.
- Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart.
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Lamiales Bromhead
- §Acanthaceae Juss.
- Bignoniaceae Juss.
- Byblidaceae Domin
- Calceolariaceae Olmstead
- Carlemanniaceae Airy Shaw
- Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss.
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- *Linderniaceae Borsch, K.Müll., & Eb.Fisch.
- Lentibulariaceae Rich.
- Martyniaceae Horan.
- Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link
- Orobanchaceae Vent.
- Paulowniaceae Nakai
- Pedaliaceae R.Br.
- Phrymaceae Schauer
- §Plantaginaceae Juss.
- Plocospermataceae Hutch.
- Schlegeliaceae Reveal
- Scrophulariaceae Juss.
- Stilbaceae Kunth
- Tetrachondraceae Wettst.
- *Thomandersiaceae Sreem.
- Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.
- Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Convolvulaceae Juss.
- Hydroleaceae R.Br. ex Edwards
- Montiniaceae Nakai
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Sphenocleaceae T.Baskerv.
Euasterids II
- Aquifoliales Senft
- Aquifoliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- §Cardiopteridaceae Blume (including Leptaulaceae Tiegh.)
- Helwingiaceae Decne.
- Phyllonomaceae Small
- Stemonuraceae Kårehed
- Asterales Link
- Alseuosmiaceae Airy Shaw
- Argophyllaceae Takht.
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Calyceraceae R.Br. ex Rich.
- $Campanulaceae Juss. (including Lobeliaceae Juss.)
- Goodeniaceae R.Br.
- Menyanthaceae Dumort.
- Pentaphragmataceae J.Agardh
- Phellinaceae Takht.
- Rousseaceae DC.
- $Stylidiaceae R.Br. (including Donatiaceae B.Chandler)
- †Escalloniales R.Br.
- §Escalloniaceae R.Br. ex Dumort. (including Eremosynaceae Dandy, Polyosmaceae Blume, Tribelaceae Airy Shaw)
- †Bruniales Dumort.
- Bruniaceae R.Br. ex DC.
- §Columelliaceae D.Don (including Desfontainiaceae Endl.)
- †Paracryphiales Takht. ex Reveal
- §Paracryphiaceae Airy Shaw (including *Quintiniaceae Doweld, Sphenostemonaceae P.Royen & Airy Shaw)
- Dipsacales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
- Adoxaceae E.Mey.
- §Caprifoliaceae Juss. (including Diervillaceae Pyck, Dipsacaceae Juss., Linnaeaceae Backlund, Morinaceae Raf., Valerianaceae Batsch)
- Apiales Nakai
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Araliaceae Juss.
- Griseliniaceae J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ex A.Cunn.
- Myodocarpaceae Doweld
- Pennantiaceae J.Agardh
- Pittosporaceae R.Br.
- §Torricelliaceae Hu (including Aralidiaceae Philipson & B.C.Stone, Melanophyllaceae Takht. ex Airy Shaw)
Taxa of uncertain position
- Apodanthaceae Takht. (three genera)
- Cynomoriaceae Endl. ex Lindl.
- Gumillea Ruiz & Pav.
- Petenaea Lundell (probably in Malvales)
- Nicobariodendron (see Simmons, 2004; probably in Celastraceae).
Other classifications
- List of Classifications used by wikicommons
- for Angiosperms:
- Cronquist System
- Strasburger
- APG II in migration to APG III
- APWebsite Classification
- for Ferns:
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