Arecidae


Arecidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. of the subclass will vary with the being used ; the only requirement being that it includes the family Arecaceae.

Arecidae in the Takhtajan system

The Takhtajan system used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida.
The Cronquist system used this name for a subclass in the class Liliopsida, with the :
The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank of order; it assigns the plants included in this subclass by Cronquist in various taxa throughout the clade monocots. In other words, by today's standards Cronquist's subclass was not a "good" group.