Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Medusandrales (Order) F. Novák ex Takhtajan (1997), nom. inval.

Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 354.

Current position

Saxifragales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 934.

Alternative positions

angiosperms ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 542.
Medusandrales (Order) Brenan (1952)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XXVIII.
Medusandrales (Order) F. Novák ex Takhtajan (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 354. [new position]
Santalales (Order) R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 421.

Historical positions

Saxifragales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: APG III, 2009: 111. [invalid/synonym] [implicit]
Saxifragales (Order) Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 531, 934.
Medusandrales (Order) Brenan (1952)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XXVIII.
angiosperms ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 542.
Medusandrales (Order) F. Novák ex Takhtajan (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 354. [new position]
Santalales (Order) R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Santalales (Order) R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 421.
Santalales (Order) R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	1g;2s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 531	1g;2s
1997	A. Takhtajan	1g;2s
1982	A. Cronquist	1g1s