Magnoliopsida is a valid botanical name for a class of flowering plants.

By
definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its circumscription
can otherwise vary, being more inclusive or less inclusive depending upon the
classification system being discussed.

Magnolia flowers

Contents
1 Cronquist and Takhtajan systems
1.1 Magnoliopsida in the Takhtajan system
1.2 Magnoliopsida in the Cronquist system
2 Dahlgren and Thorne systems
3 Reveal system
4 APG systems
Cronquist and Takhtajan systems
In the Takhtajan system and the Cronquist system the name was used for the group
known as dicotyledons.

Magnoliopsida in the Takhtajan system

The Takhtajan system used this internal taxonomy:

class Magnoliopsida [= dicotyledons]

subclass Magnoliidae
subclass Nymphaeidae
subclass Nelumbonidae
subclass Ranunculidae
subclass Caryophyllidae
subclass Hamamelididae
subclass Dilleniidae
subclass Rosidae
subclass Cornidae
subclass Asteridae
subclass Lamiidae
Magnoliopsida in the Cronquist system
The Cronquist system used this internal taxonomy (in the 1981 version):

class Magnoliopsida [= dicotyledons]

subclass Magnoliidae
subclass Hamamelidae
subclass Caryophyllidae
subclass Dilleniidae
subclass Rosidae
subclass Asteridae
Dahlgren and Thorne systems
class Magnoliopsida [= angiosperms]
subclass Magnoliidae [= dicotyledons]
subclass Liliidae [= monocotyledons]
Reveal system
The Reveal system used the name Magnoliopsida for a group of the primitive
dicotyledons, corresponding to about half of the plants in the magnoliids:

class 1. Magnoliopsida
superorder 1. Magnolianae
superorder 2. Lauranae
APG systems
In the APG and APG II systems botanical names are used only at the rank of order
and below. Above the rank of order, these systems use their own names, such as
angiosperms, eudicots, monocots, rosids, etc. These names refer to clades
(unranked). This class Magnoliopsida is not defined. The idea that dicotyledons
could be a taxonomic unit and get a formal name is rejected by the APG: the dicots
are considered to be paraphyletic.

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Taxon identifiers
Wikidata: Q1307404APNI: 214952EoL: 283Fossilworks: 55217GBIF: 220iNaturalist:
47124IRMNG: 1102ITIS: 18063NZOR: f3a2f881-1a9a-49d6-a7c0-ef56cc90b99cVicFlora:
6ac11352-70de-11e6-a989-005056b0018f