Cronquist System
The Cronquist system (1981) used the name Magnoliidae for one of six subclasses (within class Magnoliopsida = dicotyledons). In the original version of this system the circumscription was:
- subclass Magnoliidae :
- order Magnoliales
- order Laurales
- order Piperales
- order Aristolochiales
- order Illiciales
- order Nymphaeales
- order Ranunculales
- order Papaverales
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