Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Commelinidae (Clade) Takhtajan 1967 [Graham & Judd 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E25.

Current position

Commelinidae (Clade) Takhtajan 1967 [Graham, Saarela & Judd 2020]

Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 123. [implicit]

Alternative positions

Arecanae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LIX.
Arecidae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 468.
Commelinidae (Clade) Takhtajan 1967 [Graham & Judd 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E25. [new position]
commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 123.
commelinoids ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: fig. 1.
Lilianae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 33).
monocots ([unranked])	Ref: P.S. Soltis et al., 2004: fig. 11.5. [inferred rank]
monocotyledons ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).

Historical positions

Monocotyledons ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).
Commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: APG IV, 2016: fig. 1, App. (p. 15).
Lilianae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 33).
commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: APG III, 2009: 110, fig. 1.
commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 123.
Commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1029).
Commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 932.
Commelinidae (Clade) Takhtajan 1967 [Graham & Judd 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E25. [new position]
monocots ([unranked])	Ref: P.S. Soltis et al., 2004: fig. 11.5.
commelinids ([unranked])	Ref: APG II, 2003: 417, fig. 1.
Arecanae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LIX.
commelinoids ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 539, fig. 1.
Arecanae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 559-562.
Arecanae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Arecidae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 468.
Arecidae (Superorder)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2f;93g;15s; †1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 5 Aug 2022	[2f]
2017	D.J. Mabberley: App. (p. 1001)	[2f]
2016	APG IV: App. (p. 15)	[2f]
2009	APG III: 110	[1f]
2008	D.J. Mabberley	[1f]
2003	APG II	[1f]
2001	A.B. Doweld: LX	[1f]
1998	APG: 539	[1f]
1997	A. Takhtajan	[1f;205g;2700s]
1989a,b	G. Dahlgren	[1f]
1982	A. Cronquist	1f200g<3000s
1981	L.J. Audus & V. Heywood	1f