Ranunculidae

Ranunculidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(obsolete system)
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Subclass: Ranunculidae
Takht. ex Reveal
Type genus
Ranunculus

Ranunculidae is a subclass of flowering plants (Angiosperms) used in some taxonomic systems such as the Takhtajan system or Reveal system. By necessity it includes the order Ranunculales, but otherwise it differs between taxonomic systems. More recent classification systems such as the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group do not use subclasses for Angiosperms.

This grouping was first proposed by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 as Ranunculaceae, considered an order within de Jussieu's classification system. It would later be elevated to the rank of subclass by James L. Reveal in 1992, but would become obsolete under the APG III system.

References

  1. 1 2 Reveal, James L. (2011). "Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification". Kew Bulletin. 66 (1): 5–48. Bibcode:2011KewBu..66....5R. doi:10.1007/s12225-011-9259-y.
  2. ↑ de Jussieu, Antoine Laurent (1789). Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita (in Latin). p. 231. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.284. OCLC 5161409 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Reveal, James L. (1992). "Validation of Subclass and Superordinal Names in Magnoliophyta". Novon. 2 (3): 235–237. Bibcode:1992Novon...2..235R. doi:10.2307/3391558. ISSN 1055-3177. JSTOR 3391558 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ Reveal, James L.; Chase, Mark W. (2011). "APG III: Bibliographical Information and Synonymy of Magnoliidae". Phytotaxa. 19 (1): 71–134. Bibcode:2011Phytx..19...71R. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.4. ISSN 1179-3155.