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Taxon: Family Commelinaceae Mirb. (1804), nom. cons. - spiderwort family (plant)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade natates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade photaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                     Clade eucorta Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                       Superkingdom Corticata Lankester, 1878 - corticates
                         Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
                           Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981) - green plants
                             Infrakingdom Streptophyta Caval.-Sm. (1993)
                               Clade Phragmoplastophyta Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Hall, McCourt, Delwiche, Mishler & Karol 2020]
                                 Clade Embryophytaᵀ Engler 1887 [Mishler & Qiu 2020]
                                   Clade Pan-Tracheophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                     Clade Apo-Tracheophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                       [crown] Phylum Tracheophytaᵀ Sinnott ex Caval.-Sm. (1998) - vascular plants
                                         Clade Pan-Euphyllophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                           Clade Euphyllophytaᵀ Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                             Clade Pan-Spermatophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                               Clade Lignophytaᵀ Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.
                                                 Clade Apo-Spermatophytaᵀ Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Cantino, Doyle & Donoghue 2020]
                                                   [crown] Subphylum Spermatophytinaᵀ Caval.-Sm. (1998) - seed plants
                                                     Clade Pan-Angiospermae Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Doyle, Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
                                                       [crown] Class Magnoliopsidaᵀ Brongn. (1843)
                                                         Clade Mesangiospermaeᵀ Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2007 [Donoghue, Doyle & Cantino 2020]
                                                           Superorder Lilianae Takht. (1967) - monocots
                                                             Clade Petrosaviidaeᵀ Graham & Judd 2007 [Graham, Judd & Iles 2020]
                                                               Clade Commelinidae Takhtajan 1967 [Graham, Saarela & Judd 2020]
                                                                 Order Commelinalesᵀ Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl (1820)
                                                                   Family Commelinaceaeᵀ Mirb. (1804), nom. cons. - spiderwort family
                                                                     Genus Aetheolirion
                                                                     Genus Anthericopsis Engl. (1895)
                                                                     Genus Belosynapsis Hasskarl (1871)
                                                                     Genus Buforrestia C.B.Clarke, in A.DC. & A.C. de Candolle (1881)
                                                                     Genus Cochliostema Lemaire (1859)
                                                                     Genus Dictyospermum R. Wight (1853)
                                                                     Genus Elasis D.R. Hunt (1978)
                                                                     Genus Forrestia Raf.
                                                                     Genus Geogenanthus Ule (1913)
                                                                     Genus Gibasoides D.R. Hunt (1978)
                                                                     Genus Matudanthus D.R. Hunt (1978)
                                                                     Genus Plowmanianthus
                                                                     Genus Polyspatha Bentham, in Hook. (1849)
                                                                     Genus Porandra
                                                                     Genus Pseudoparis H. Perrier (1936)
                                                                     Genus Rhoeo
                                                                     Genus Rhopalephora Hasskarl (1864)
                                                                     Genus Sauvallea C. Wright, in Sauvalle (1871)
                                                                     Genus Setcreasea
                                                                     Genus Siderasis Rafinesque (1837)
                                                                     Genus Stanfieldiella Brenan (1960)
                                                                     Genus Tapheocarpa
                                                                     Genus Thyrsanthemum Pichon (1946)
                                                                     Genus Tricarpelema J.K. Morton (1966)
                                                                     Genus Weldenia J.H. Schultes (1829)
                                                                     Genus Zebrina Schnizlein (1849)
                                                                     1 Subfamily Cartonematoideae
                                                                     2 Subfamily Commelinoideaeᵀ

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