Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Apiidae (Clade) Donoghue & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue & Cantino 2020]

Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 124. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 124.
Escallonianae (Superorder) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LII. [new position]
superasterids ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1007).
Theanae (Superorder) R.Dahlgren ex Reveal (1993)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 160.

Historical positions

['SuperAsterids'] ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1007).
Campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: APG IV, 2016: fig. 1, App. (p. 20).
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: APG III, 2009: 118, fig. 1.
campanulids: euasterid II ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 124.
Escallonianae (Superorder) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LII. [new position]
Theanae (Superorder) R.Dahlgren ex Reveal (1993)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 160-161.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;3g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1f;3g]
2017	D.J. Mabberley: App. (p. 1007)	[1f]
2016	APG IV: App. (p. 20)	[1f]
2009	APG III: 118	[1f]
2001	A.B. Doweld: LII	[1f]
1997	A. Takhtajan	[1f;1g;1s]
1997	A. Takhtajan	[1f;1g;1s]