Arecidae

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Arecidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Arecaceae.

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Arecidae in the Takhtajan system

The Takhtajan system [1] used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons).

Arecidae in the Cronquist system

The Cronquist system (1981) used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons), with the circumscription:

APG II system

The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank of order; it assigns the plants included in this subclass by Cronquist in various taxa throughout the clade monocots . In other words, by today's standards Cronquist's subclass was not a "good" group.

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References

  1. A. Takhtajan (1969). Flowering plants: origin and dispersal. Translated by C. Jeffrey.