Ranunculidae

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

Ranunculidae is a subclass of flowering plants (Angiosperms) used in some taxonomic systems such as the Takhtajan system or Reveal system. ^[1] 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. ^[1]

This grouping was first proposed by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 as Ranunculaceae, considered an order within de Jussieu's classification system. ^[2] It would later be elevated to the rank of subclass by James L. Reveal in 1992, ^[3] but would become obsolete under the APG III system. ^[4]

References

1. Reveal, James L. (2011). "Summary of recent systems of angiosperm classification". Kew Bulletin . 66: 5–48. 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. 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. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.4 . ISSN   1179-3155.