Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Magnoliopsida - (Order) Dipsacales - (Family) Adoxaceae

Original position

Pentandria Trigynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Adoxaceae (Family) E.Mey. (1839), nom. cons.
Sambucaceae (Family) Batsch ex Borckhausen (1797)

Current position

Adoxaceae (Family) E.Mey. (1839), nom. cons.

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 15.

Alternative positions

Caprifoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 393.
Pentandria Trigynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 269.
Sambucaceae (Family) Batsch ex Borckhausen (1797)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 398.

Historical positions

Adoxaceae (Family) E.Mey. (1839), nom. cons.	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 15.
Sambucaceae (Family) Batsch ex Borckhausen (1797)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 398.
Caprifoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 393.
Caprifoliaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 459, 460.
Pentandria Trigynia (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753a: 269.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[27s]
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	11s
1997	A. Takhtajan: 398	[27s]