Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Apiidae (Clade) M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino 2007, nom. cl. inval.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E31.
Hamamelidales (Clade) Grisebach 1854 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: tables 6 (p. 97), 7 (p. 99). [implicit]

Current position

Apiidae (Clade) Donoghue & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue & Cantino 2020]

Ref: M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino, 2020: [377]; APG IV, 2016: fig. 1. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

Apiidae (Clade) M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino 2007, nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E31. [new position]
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
Asteridae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 938.
campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 124; APG IV, 2016: fig. 1.
euasterids II ([unranked])	Ref: APG II, 2003: 401.
Hamamelidales (Clade) Grisebach 1854 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 99). [inferred rank]
superasterids ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1007).

Historical positions

['SuperAsterids'] ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 1007).
Campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: APG IV, 2016: fig. 1, App. (p. 20).
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: APG III, 2009: 117, fig. 1.
campanulids: euasterid II ([unranked])	Ref: M.W. Chase & J.L. Reveal, 2009: 124.
Euasterids II ([unranked])	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1030).
Campanulids ([unranked])	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 938.
Apiidae (Clade) M.J. Donoghue & P.D. Cantino 2007, nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E31. [new position]
euasterids II ([unranked])	Ref: APG II, 2003: 421, fig. 1.
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: LIV.
euasterids II ([unranked])	Ref: APG, 1998: 542, fig. 1.
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 418-422.
Hamamelidales (Clade) Grisebach 1854 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 99).
Asteranae (Superorder) Takht. (1967)	Ref: G. Dahlgren, 1989a,b
Dicotyledoneae (Class)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Asteridae (Subclass) Takht. (1967)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 461.
Asteridae (Superorder)	Ref: L.J. Audus & V. Heywood, 1981

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11f;1891g;529s;37ss;51v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 8 Aug 2022	[11f]
2017	D.J. Mabberley: App. (p. 1007)	[11f]
2016	APG IV: App. (p. 20)	[11f]
2009	APG III: 118	[11f]
2008	D.J. Mabberley	[11f]
2003	APG II	[11f]
2001	A.B. Doweld: LV	[1f]
1998	APG: 542	[13f]
1997	A. Takhtajan	[1f;1550g;[>]23,000s]
1989a,b	G. Dahlgren	[1f]
1982	A. Cronquist	1f>1100g20,000?s
1981	L.J. Audus & V. Heywood	1f