Liliidae is a

botanical name A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or cultivar group, Group epithets must conform t ...

at the

rank A rank is a position in a hierarchy. It can be formally recognized—for example, cardinal, chief executive officer, general, professor—or unofficial. People Formal ranks * Academic rank * Corporate title * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy ...

of subclass.

Circumscription Circumscription may refer to: * Circumscribed circle * Circumscription (logic) *Circumscription (taxonomy) * Circumscription theory, a theory about the origins of the political state in the history of human evolution proposed by the American anthr ...

of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such

systems A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment, is described by its boundaries, structure and purpose and is exp ...

); the only requirement being that it includes the family

Liliaceae The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a fai ...

Liliidae in Takhtajan system

The

Takhtajan system A list of systems of plant taxonomy, system of plant taxonomy, the Takhtajan system of plant classification was published by Armen Takhtajan, in several versions from the 1950s onwards. It is usually compared to the Cronquist system. It admits Para ...

treats this as one of six subclasses within class

Liliopsida Liliopsida Batsch (synonym: Liliatae) is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopol ...

monocotyledons Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants whose seeds contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. A monocot taxon has been in use for several decades, but with various ranks and ...

). This subclass consists of: * subclass Liliidae *: superorder

Lilianae Lilianae (also known as Liliiflorae) is a botanical name for a superorder (that is, a rank higher than that of order) of flowering plants. Such a superorder of necessity includes the type family Liliaceae (and usually the type order Liliales). Ter ...

*:: order

Melanthiales Melanthiales Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Link (melanthoid lilies) was an Order (biology), order of monocotyledons, whose name and botanical authority is derived by typification from the description of the Type (biology), type Family (biology), ...

*:: order Colchicales *:: order Trilliales *:: order

Liliales Liliales is an order (biology), order of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group and Angiosperm Phylogeny Web List of systems of plant classification, system, within the lilioid monocots. This order of necessity includ ...

*:: order Alstroemeriales *:: order Iridales *:: order Tecophilaeales *:: order Burmanniales *:: order Hypoxidales *:: order Orchidales *:: order Amaryllidales *:: order

Asparagales Asparagales (asparagoid lilies) are a diverse order of flowering plants in the monocots. Under the APG IV system of flowering plant classification, Asparagales are the largest order of monocots with 14 families, 1,122 genera, and about 36,00 ...

*:: order Xanthorrhoeales *:: order Hanguanales *: superorder Dioscoreanae *:: order Stemonales *:: order Smilacales *:: order

Dioscoreales The Dioscoreales are an order of monocotyledonous flowering plants, organized under modern classification systems, such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group or the Angiosperm Phylogeny Web. Among monocot plants, Dioscoreales are grouped with the ...

*:: order Taccales

Liliidae in Cronquist system

The

Cronquist system The Cronquist system is a list of systems of plant taxonomy, taxonomic classification system of angiosperms, flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including ''The Evolution and Classification of ...

treats this as one of five subclasses within class Liliopsida (=

), and it consists of: * subclass Liliidae *: order

*: order Orchidales

Liliidae in Dahlgren and Thorne systems

In the Dahlgren system and the Thorne system (1992) this is an important name: this subclass comprises the

(in APG II these are the

monocots Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, ( Lilianae '' sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants whose seeds contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. A monocot taxon has been in use for several decades, but with various ranks a ...

Dahlgren (1985)

* subclass Liliidae monocotyledons*: superorder Alismatanae *: superorder Triuridanae *: superorder

Aranae Arales is an order of flowering plants. The name was used in the Cronquist system for an order placed in subclass '' Arecidae'', circumscribed as (1981): * order Arales *: family Acoraceae *: family Araceae *: family Lemnaceae In the classific ...

*: superorder

*: superorder Bromelianae *: superorder Zingiberanae *: superorder Commelinanae *: superorder Arecanae *: superorder Cyclanthanae *: superorder Pandananae

Thorne (1992)

(in the version of the system as depicted by Reveal) * subclass Liliidae monocotyledons *: superorder

*: superorder Hydatellanae *: superorder Triuridanae *: superorder

*: superorder Cyclanthanae *: superorder Pandananae *: superorder Arecanae *: superorder Commelinanae

Liliidae in APG II system

The APG and

APG II system The APG II system (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system) of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly Molecular phylogenetics, molecular-based, list of systems of plant taxonomy, system of plant taxonomy that ...

s do not use formal

s above the

of order, and names such as Liliopsida and Liliidae have no place in these systems.

References

{{Reflist Monocots Historically recognized angiosperm taxa