Higher Level Classification Around the Apiales
Takhtajan 1997 [top]
Armen Takhtajan's classification of the superorder Aralianae, from Diversity and Classification of Flowering
Plant Families (1997). Order names are in bold black, families in red and subfamilies in green.
ARALIANAE Takhtajan (1967)
Helwingiales Takhtajan (1997)
Helwingiaceae Decaisne (1836)
Apiales Nakai (1930) [syn. Araliales Burnett (1835)]
Araliaceae A.L. de Jussieu (1789)
Hydrocotylaceae N. Hylander (1945)
Apiaceae Lindley (1836) [alt. Umbelliferae A.L. de Jussieu (1789)]
Saniculoideae Burnett (1835)
Apioideae Drude (1898)
Pittosporales Lindley (1833)
Pittosporaceae R. Brown (1814)
Byblidales Nakai ex Reveal (1992)
Byblidaceae Domin (1922)
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group [APG II] (date?) [top]
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's revised second classification (APG II) (see REFERENCE). Order names are in bold black, families in red and subfamilies in green.
Classification to appear here
Note: Current molecular evidence supports the separtion of the Araliaceae and Apiaceae as largely monophyletic groups, however, there are some intemediate taxa that still need resolution. Apiaceae subfamily Hydrocotyloideae is a non-monophyletic taxon some of whose members are better placed in the Araliaceae. Takhtajan's support of treating this taxon as a family in its own right is currently not widely accepted.