Scitamineae
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Scitamineaeis adescriptive botanical name.Historically it has been applied to a remarkably stable group offlowering plants,now referred to asZingiberales:
- at therankof family in theBentham & Hooker system(volume of 1883), placed in order Epigynae in the Monocotyledones
- at the rank oforderin theWettstein systemandEngler system.
In theWettstein system,last revised in 1935, it was circumscribed:
- order Scitamineae
- familyMusaceae
- familyZingiberaceae
- familyCannaceae
- familyMarantaceae
In theEngler system,update of 1964, it was circumscribed:
- order Scitamineae
- familyMusaceae
- familyZingiberaceae
- familyCannaceae
- familyMarantaceae
- familyLowiaceae
TheCronquist system,of 1981, also treats the plants so united as a unit, also at the rank of order, but by splitting has increased the number of families to eight, in total). However, the order is namedZingiberalesand is placed in subclassZingiberidae,which in its turn belongs to the classLiliopsida[=monocotyledons].
TheAPG II system,of 2003 (unchanged from theAPG system,1998), recognises this same order Zingiberales (with the same eight families) but assigns it to the cladecommelinidsin themonocots.
Bibliography
[edit]- Tomlinson, P. B. (1 January 1962). "Phylogeny of the Scitamineae - Morphological and Anatomical Considerations".Evolution.16(2): 192–213.doi:10.2307/2406197.JSTOR2406197.