Angiospermae: Flowering Plants
Bird-of-Paradise Flower: Strelitizia reginae
Hydrangea: Hydrangea macrophylla
PHOTO CREDITS:
Bird-of-paradise flower: Strelitzia reginae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bird_of_Paradise_flower.JPG
Hydrangea: Hydrangea macrophylla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Light_mauve_hydrangea.jpg
ANGIOSPERMS, ETC.
The older classification of flowering plants, known as the Cronquist System, is being supplanted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's System (APG II). In the table below, I am attempting to show how the various orders and families were redistributed.
All the orders in both systems appear in the first column. Families appear in the second column. If an order is listed in bold letters, the member family in the second column is recognized by the APG. If the order is followed by x alone, it was the same under Cronquist. If it is followed by Nx, it is a new order, and the family in the second column has been newly assigned. The same order that is in bold letters in some cases may be in light letters in others. If it is in light letters but without square brackets, the order is still recognized but the family in the second column is defunct or has been moved to a new order. If it is in light letters and square brackets, the whole order has been eliminated.
If the name of a family, in the second column, is in dark letters, it is still valid under the APG. If it is followed by O, it is an old family, still in the same order. If it is followed by N, it is a new family, either just constituted or transferred from another order. If it has been transferred from another order, the name of the old order follows the N. Old families no longer belonging to the orders in the first column are in light letters and square brackets. If they have been reassigned to new orders, an equal sign is followed by the name of the new order. The notation 'p/' means 'part'. In other words, an old family may have been subdivided into two or more families, or two or more families may have been merged in one.
Question marks, and words like 'whither' and 'whence' mean that I haven't been able to trace a redistributed taxon.
Hyphens in the four columns on the right mean ‘checked’. Orders and families included in APG II, in other words current taxa, have been checked. Older taxa, in light letters, have been left unchecked.
The meanings of the columns on the right are as follow:
1.) Letter for clade: M=Monocots; CE°=Eudicots but not Core Eudicots; CE=Core Eudicots but not Rosids or Asterids; A=Asterids; R=Rosids; UM=Magnoliids; OK=Pinales and other groups, U=Unassigned
2.) Letter for order (for anyone interested in the Nuu language, outlined on this website. Otherwise this column may be ignored.
3.) Letter for family (for anyone interested in the Nuu language, outlined on this website. Otherwise this column may be ignored.
4.) Vowel for clade: (for anyone interested in the Nuu language, outlined on this website. Otherwise this column may be ignored.
5.) • A bullet marks an optional group allowed by APG under an alternative circumscription and otherwise belongs to the first unbulleted group preceding.
6.) Unassigned families have been treated as if they were the typical families of including orders. For example, Amborellaceae have been given the designation BBO8, as if there were an order Amborellales.
7.) Orders of Pinopsida, Gnetopsida, Ginkgoopsida and Cycadopsida have been included in the table, for reference. But other divisions and classes of plants are not treated.
8.) In the outline below, groups above Order do not have any taxonomical ranking and are called simply clades in APG II. I have added some other groupings, which are shown in parentheses, for the purpose of putting the outline in a more tractable form.
USE MEDIUM OR LARGER TEXT SIZE, BUT NOT LARGEST; IT RUINS THE TABLE.
Outline:
Angiosperms—FÏ8
(Non-magnoliid non-monocot non-eudicot---FGÏ8)
Amborellaceae—BBO8
Chloranthaceae—KHKHO8
Nymphaeaceae—NNO8
Austrobaileyales—BO8
Magnoliids---FLÏ8
Canellales—CO8
Laurales—LO8
Piperales—PO8
Magnoliales—MO8
Monocots---FCÏ8
(Non-Commelinids---FCONÏ8)
Petrosaviaceae—TTÏ8
Acorales—CÏ8
Alismatales—LHÏ8
Asparagales—SHÏ8
Dioscoreales—DÏ8
Liliales—LÏ8
Pandanales—PÏ8
Commelinids---FCOCÏ8
Dasypogonaceae—YYÏ8
Arecales—RÏ8
Commelinales—KÏ8
Poales—SÏ8
Zingiberales—GJÏ8
(Intermediates---FRÏ8)
Ceratophyllales—CHÏ8 (intermediate M/E)
Eudicots---FDÏ8
(Non-Core Eudicot---FDONÏ8)
Buxaceae—MMÄ’8 (Buxales?)
Sabiaceae—ZZÄ’8
Trochodendraceae—TTÄ’8 (Trochodendrales?)
Proteales—YÄ’8
Ranunculales—RHÄ’8
Core Eudicots---FDOCÏ8
(Non-rosid Non-asterid---FDOCMÏ8)
Aextoxicaceae—BKHÄ’8 (Berberidopsidales?)
Berberidopsidaceae—BRÄ’8 (Berberidopsidales?)
Dilleniaceae—DDÄ’8 (Dilleniales?)
Caryophyllales—CÄ’8
Gunnerales—GJÄ’8
Santalales—SÄ’8
Saxifragales—SHÄ’8
Rosids---FDOCTÏ8
(Non-eurosid---FDOCTWÏ8)
Aphloiaceae—PPA8
Geissolomataceae—GGA8
Ixerbaceae—ZZA8
Picramniaceae—KKA8
Strasburgeriaceae—SHSHA8
Vitaceae—WWA8 (Vitales?)
Crossosomatal—CA8
Geraniales—ZHA8
Myrtales—YA8
Eurosids I---FDOCTRÏ8
Zygophyllaceae—LLA8
Huaceae—CHCHA8
Celastrales—GJA8
Cucurbitales—QA8
Fabales—BA8
Fagales—FA8
Malpighiales—MA8
Oxalidales—KHA8
Rosales—RA8
Eurosids II---FDOCTLÏ8
Tapisciaceae—THTHA8
Brassicales—SA8
Malvales—VA8
Sapindales—NA8
Asterids---FDOCSÏ8
(Non-Euasterids---FDOCSWÏ8)
Cornales—RÉ8
Ericales—RHÉ8
Euasterids I---FDOCSRÏ8
Boraginaceae—BBÉ8
Icacinaceae—CCÉ8
Oncothecaceae—THTHÉ8
Vahliaceae—VVÉ8
Garryales—GÉ8
Gentianales—ZHÉ8
Labiales—WÉ8
Solanales—NÉ8
Eusasterids II---FDOCSLÏ8
Bruniaceae—MMÉ8
Columelliaceae—KKÉ8
Eremosynaceae—SSÉ8
Escallioniaceae—SHSHÉ8
Paracryphiaceae—PPÉ8
Polyosmaceae—LLÉ8
Sphenostemonaceae—FFÉ8
Tribelaceae—TJTJÉ8
Apiales—MHÉ8
Aquifoliales—QÉ8
Asterales—TÉ8
Dipsacales—DHÉ8
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