Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Rapateales (Order) Colella (1997), nom. inval.		Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 545. [assumed]
Rapateales (Order) Colella ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)

Current position

Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)

Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).

Alternative positions

Commelinales (Order) Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 470.
commelinoids ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 539.
Rapateales (Order) Colella ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LXII.
Rapateales (Order) Colella (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 545. [new position]

Historical positions

Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1001).
Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)	Ref: APG IV, 2016: App. (p. 15).
Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)	Ref: APG III, 2009: 110.
Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 727, 932.
Poales (Order) Burnett (1835)	Ref: APG II, 2003: 417.
Rapateales (Order) Colella ex Reveal & Doweld (1999)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LXII.
commelinoids ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 539.
Rapateales (Order) Colella (1997), nom. inval.	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 545. [new position]
Commelinales (Order) Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Commelinales (Order) Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 470.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	16g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	16g;90s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 12 Aug 2011	18g;103s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 727	16g;90s
1997	A. Takhtajan	17g;90s
1982	A. Cronquist	16g<100s