Magnoliopsida

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Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants. [1] By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its circumscription can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the classification system being discussed.

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Classification

Cronquist and Takhtajan systems

In the Takhtajan system and the Cronquist system, the name was used for the group known as dicotyledons.

The Takhtajan system used this internal taxonomy:

The Cronquist system used this internal taxonomy (in the 1981 version):

The Cronquist system has been very popular, and there have been many versions of the system published. In some of these Cronquist-based systems the name Magnoliopsida (at the rank of class) refers to the flowering plants (angiosperms).

Dahlgren and Thorne systems

The Dahlgren system and the Thorne system (1992) used the name Magnoliopsida for the flowering plants.

Reveal system

The Reveal system used the name Magnoliopsida for a group of the primitive dicotyledons, corresponding to about half of the plants in the magnoliids:

APG systems

In the APG and APG II systems, botanical names are used only at the rank of order and below. Above the rank of order, these systems use their own names, such as angiosperms, eudicots, monocots, rosids, etc. These names refer to clades (unranked). The class Magnoliopsida is not defined. The idea that dicotyledons are a taxonomic unit and require a formal name is rejected by the APG: the dicots are considered to be paraphyletic.

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References

  1. Thorne, Robert F.; Reveal, James L. (2007-04-01). "An updated classification of the class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae")". The Botanical Review. 73 (2): 67. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2007)73[67:AUCOTC]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   1874-9372.