Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Asparagales

Subsequent positions

Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. (1997), nom. inval.		Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 516. [assumed]
Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)

Current position

Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)

Ref: APG III, 2009: 109.

Alternative positions

Liliales (Order) Perleb (1826)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 483.
Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 516. [new position]
Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LVII.

Historical positions

Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG III, 2009: 109.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 914, 931.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG II, 2003: 417.
Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LVII.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG, 1998: 538.
Xanthorrhoeales (Order) Takht. (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 516. [new position]
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Liliales (Order) Perleb (1826)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 483-484.
Liliales (Order) Perleb (1826)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;28s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 12 Aug 2011	24g;456s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 914	1g;28s
1997	A. Takhtajan	1g;28s
1982	A. Cronquist	9g55s