Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)

Current position

Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).

Alternative positions

Microspermae (Order)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 602.
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LVIII.

Historical positions

Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG IV, 2016: App. (p. 15).
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG III, 2009: 109.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1029).
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 606-608, 931.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG II, 2003: 416.
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LVIII.
Asparagales (Order) Link (1829)	Ref: APG, 1998: 538.
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 498.
Microspermae (Order)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 602.
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 486-487.
Microspermae (Order)	Ref: D.M. Moore, 1982: 359.
Orchidales (Order) Raf. (1815)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	936g;444s;4ss;6v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	779g;22,500s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 12 Aug 2011	925g;27,135s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 606	779g;22,500s
1997	A. Takhtajan	750-800g;[>]19,500s
1982	A. Cronquist	1000g15,000-20,000s