Liliidae
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Liliidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass.[1] 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 Liliaceae.
The Takhtajan system treats this as one of six subclasses within class Liliopsida (= monocotyledons). This subclass consists of:
- subclass Liliidae
- superorder Lilianae
- order Melanthiales
- order Colchicales
- order Trilliales
- order Liliales
- order Alstroemeriales
- order Iridales
- order Tecophilaeales
- order Burmanniales
- order Hypoxidales
- order Orchidales
- order Amaryllidales
- order Asparagales
- order Xanthorrhoeales
- order Hanguanales
- superorder Dioscoreanae
- order Stemonales
- order Smilacales
- order Dioscoreales
- order Taccales
- superorder Lilianae
Liliidae in Cronquist system
The Cronquist system treats this as one of five subclasses within class Liliopsida (= monocotyledons), and it consists of:
- subclass Liliidae
- order Liliales
- order Orchidales