class liliopsida meaning

Noun: class Liliopsida

1. Comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with a single cotyledon and parallel-veined leaves: includes grasses and lilies and palms and orchids; divided into four subclasses or superorders: Alismatidae; Arecidae; Commelinidae; and Liliidae
   - Monocotyledones, class Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, class Monocotyledonae, Liliopsida

Type of: class

Part of: Angiospermae, Anthophyta, class Angiospermae, division Anthophyta, division Magnoliophyta, Magnoliophyta

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1. These systems usually placed Lilianae within subclass Liliidae of class Liliopsida.
2. However, Cronquist assumed a much smaller order and assigned the order to subclass Alismatidae, in class Liliopsida [ = monocotyledons ].
3. The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.
4. The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized this family and placed it in the order Restionales, in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.
5. The Cronquist system of 1981 also recognized such a family and placed it in the order Commelinales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida in division Magnoliophyta.