Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Caryophyllales (Clade) Jussieu ex Berchtold & Presl 1820 [Soltis, Judd & Soltis 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E28 ("sensu Judd & al. (2002)").

Subsequent entries

Polygonaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. cons.

Current position

Polygonanae (Superorder) Takht. ex Reveal (1992)

Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XLIII.

Alternative positions

Caryophyllales (Clade) Jussieu ex Berchtold & Presl 1820 [Soltis, Judd & Soltis 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E28. [new position]
Caryophyllidae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 382.
Dicotyledones (Class)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 30.

Historical positions

Caryophyllales (Clade) Jussieu ex Berchtold & Presl 1820 [Soltis, Judd & Soltis 2007], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E28. [new position]
Polygonanae (Superorder) Takht. ex Reveal (1992)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XLIII.
Polygonanae (Superorder) Takht. ex Reveal (1992)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 124-126.
Dicotyledones (Class)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 30, 102.
Polygonanae (Superorder) Takht. ex Reveal (1992)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Dicotyledoneae (Class)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Caryophyllidae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 382.
Caryophyllidae (Superorder)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1f;45g;~1100s]
2001	A.B. Doweld: XLIII	[1f]
1997	A. Takhtajan	[1f;45g;~1100s]
1989a,b	G. Dahlgren	[1f]
1982	A. Cronquist	1f30g800s
1981	L.J. Audus & V. Heywood	1f