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Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli (in 1760): see author citation (botany). This name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Liliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN).

Although in principle it is true that circumscription of this class will vary with the taxonomic system being used, in practice this name is very strongly linked to the Cronquist system, and the allied Takhtajan system. These two are the only major systems to use the name, and in both these systems it refers to the group more widely known as the monocotyledons. Earlier systems referred to this group by the name Monocotyledones, with Monocotyledoneae an earlier spelling (these names may be used in any rank). Systems such as the Dahlgren and Thorne systems (more recent than the Takhtajan and Cronquist systems) refer to this group by the name Liliidae (a name in the rank of subclass). Modern systems, such as the APG and APG II systems refer to this group by the name monocots (a name for a clade). Therefore in practice the name Liliopsida will almost surely refer to the usage as in the Cronquist system.

In summary the monocotyledons were named:

• Monocotyledoneae in the de Candolle system and the Engler system.
• Monocotyledones in the Bentham & Hooker system and the Wettstein system
• class Liliopsida in the Takhtajan and the Cronquist system (also in the Reveal system).
• subclass Liliidae in the Dahlgren system and the Thorne system (1992).
• clade monocots in the APG system and the APG II system.

Each of the systems mentioned above use their own internal taxonomy for the group.

The Takhtajan system used this internal taxonomy:

• class Liliopsida [ = monocotyledons]

  subclass Liliidae

  superorder Lilianae

  superorder Dioscoreanae

  subclass Commelinidae

  superorder Bromelianae

  superorder Pontederianae

  superorder Zingiberanae

  superorder Commelinanae

  superorder Hydatellanae

  superorder Juncanae

  superorder Poanae

  subclass Arecidae

  superorder Arecanae

  subclass Alismatidae

  superorder Alismatanae

  subclass Triurididae

  superorder Triuridanae

  subclass Aridae'

  superorder Aranae

  superorder Cyclanthanae

  superorder Pandananae

  superorder Typhanae

The internal taxonomy in the Cronquist system is

• class Liliopsida [ = monocotyledons]

  subclass Alismatidae

  order Cyclanthales

  order Arales

  subclass Commelinidae

  order Commelinales

  order Eriocaulales

  order Restionales

  order Juncales

  order Cyperales

  order Hydatellales

  order Typhales

  subclass Zingiberidae

  order Bromeliales

  order Zingiberales

  subclass Liliidae

  order Liliales

  order Orchidales

The internal taxonomy in the Reveal system is

• class 3. Liliopsida

  subclass 1. Alismatidae

  superorder 1. Butomanae

  superorder 2. Alismatanae

  subclass 2. Triurididae

  subclass 3. Aridae

  superorder 1. Acoranae

  superorder 2. Aranaea

  superorder 3. Cyclanthanae

  superorder 4. Pandananae

  subclass 4. Liliidae

  subclass 5. Arecidae

  superorder 1. Arecanae

  subclass 6. Commelinidae

  superorder 1. Bromelianae

  superorder 2. Pontederianae

  superorder 3. Commelinanae

  superorder 4. Hydatellanae

  superorder 5. Typhanae

  superorder 6. Juncanae

  subclass 7. Zingiberidae

  superorder 1. Zingiberanae