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The 'Takhtajan System' of flowering plant classification (Armen Takhtajan. 1997. Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants) treats flowering plants as as a division or phylum (Magnoliophyta) with two classes (monocots and dicots) which are organized into Subclasses. Higher level organization is similar to the Cronquist System, but a bit more complex. However, Takhtajan uses the Superorder as the basic unit of the Subclass and this pattern of organization is also used in the Thorne System of flowering plant classification. 


Magnoliopsida (Dicots)  Liliopsida (Monocots)
Magnoliidae
Liliidae
Nymphaeidae
Commelinidae
Nelumbonidae
Arecidae
Ranunculidae
Alismatidae
Caryophyllidae
Triurididae
Hamamelididae
Aridae
Dilleniidae
Rosidae
Cornidae
Asteridae
Lamiidae

Internet information for a given family can be obtained by browsing its Subclass page (listed above) or, by using the family finder, which provides alphabetical selection of the family names with links to internet data and placement in the Cronquist and Thorne classification systems