Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta

Subsequent positions

Angiospermopsida (Clade) [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.		Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: tables 6 (p. 97), 7 (p. 99). [implicit]
Magnoliophyta (Phylum) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)

Original entries

Nelumbonidae (Subclass) Takht. (1997)
Nymphaeidae (Subclass) J.W. Walker ex Takht. (1997)

Subsequent entries

†Archaemagnoliidae (Subclass) G.Sun, Dilcher, Shao L.Zheng & Z.K.Zhou (1998)

Ref: G. Sun et al., 1998: 1693.

Current position

Pan-Angiospermae (Clade) Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Doyle, Cantino & Donoghue 2020]

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32); Frey, 2022: [6]; Rothwell & Stockey, 2016: fig. 28. [inferred]

Alternative positions

Angiospermae (Superclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
Angiospermopsida (Clade) [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 99). [inferred rank]
Magnolidra (Superclass)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 229).
Magnoliophyta (Phylum) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 25.
Magnoliophyta (Division) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. (1966)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 358.
Magnoliophyta (Division) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)	Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 63.
Magnoliophytina (Subphylum) Reveal (1996)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XXI.

Historical positions

Angiospermae (Superclass)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 32).
Magnoliophyta (Division) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 63.
Spermatophyta (Clade) Britton & Brown 1896 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 514, 929.
Magnoliophytina (Subphylum) Reveal (1996)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XXI.
Magnoliophyta (Phylum) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)	Ref: A. Takhtajan, 1997: 25.
Magnolidra (Superclass)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 229).
Angiospermopsida (Clade) [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 99).
Magnoliophyta (Division) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. (1966)	Ref: A. Cronquist, 1982: 358.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	64o;418f;13,699g;7693s;360ss;473v;1; ‡1g;2s; †1f;334g;12s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 29 May 2023	[64o;418f]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 34)	[62o]
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 514, 929	55[59]o;413[418]f;12,962g;271,500s
2001	A.B. Doweld: LV	[228o;531f; †1f]
1997	A. Takhtajan	11sc;[175o];458[459]f;<10,500g;[>]195,000s
1982	A. Cronquist	64o318f170,000s
1978	R.H. Whittaker	"200,000s"