Alismatidae
Sign in to saveAlismatidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Alismataceae. It is a relatively new name: earlier systems, such as the Engler and Wettstein systems, used the name Helobiae for a comparable unit.
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- Alismatidae in the Takhtajan system
- Alismatidae in the Cronquist system
- APG II system
Alismatidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. Circumscription of the subclass will vary with the taxonomic system being used (there are many such systems); the only requirement being that it includes the family Alismataceae. It is a relatively new name: earlier systems, such as the Engler and Wettstein systems, used the name Helobiae for a comparable unit.
==Alismatidae in the Takhtajan system== The Takhtajan system treats this as one of six subclasses within the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons). It consists of: subclass Alismatidae superorder Alismatanae order Butomales order Hydrocharitales order Najadales order Alismatales order Aponogetonales order Juncaginales order Potamogetonales order Posidoniales order Cymodoceales order Zosterales
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