FAMILY GRAVEYARDThis website now endeavours to conform to the APGII taxonomic system of 2009. As such a great deal of rationalisation, re-assignment, abolishment and the invention of totally new families has occurred in comparison to previous systems, such as in the pre-Cronquist system. This has all become possible by recent advances in molecular taxonomy. The result is an accumulation of a large number of dis-used and now obsolete families, which are herewith listed. Note that in many instances, it is the family name which has changed rather than the family being abolished altogether. In other instances it may be that the original family has been split up, then abolished, and the constituent Genera now reside in more than one different family. Conversely, many old families have been merged into a single new family. This list is probably in-complete.
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Hint - if you wish to browse through the new Families rather than just look at one, then use the left-wardly directed arrows immediately below to put the Family selector into the column on the immediate left, otherwise if you use the links provided on this page, then the one will over-write the other.
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| THE -ae FAMILY GRAVEYARD |
| R.I.P. | ENGLISH FAMILY |
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| Compositae | Daisy & Dandelion | ⇒ Asteraceae |
| Convolvulae | Bindweed | ⇒ Convolvulaceae |
| Crucifera | Mustard/Cabbage | ⇒ Brassicaceae |
| Gramineae | Grasses | ⇒ Poaceae |
| Guttiferae | St. John's Wort | ⇒ Clusiaceae ⇒ Hypericaceae |
| Labiatae | Mint | ⇒ Lamiaceae |
| Leguminosae | Pea | ⇒ Fabaceae |
| Palmae | Palm | ⇒ Arecaceae |
| Umbelliferae | Carrot | ⇒ Apiaceae |
| THE -aceae FAMILY GRAVEYARD |
| R.I.P. | ENGLISH FAMILY |
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| Aceraceae | Maple | ⇒ Sapindaceae |
| Agapanthaceae | African-Lily | ⇒ Alliaceae |
| Agavaceae | Centuryplant | ⇒ Asparagaceae |
| Aloeaceae | Aloe | ⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Amaryllidaceae | Jersey-Lily | ⇒ Alliaceae |
| Asphodelaceae | Asphodel | ⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Aspidiaceae | 'Ferns' | ⇒ Dryopteridaceae |
| Athyriaceae | Lady-Fern | ⇒ Woodsiaceae |
| Aucubaceae | Spotted-laurel | ⇒ Garryaceae |
| Azollaceae | Water-fern | ⇒ Salviniaceae |
| Buddlejaceae | Butterfly-bush | ⇒ Scrophulariaceae |
| Callitrichaceae | Water-starwort | ⇒ Plantaginaceae |
| Chenopodiaceae | Goosefoot | ⇒ Amaranthaceae |
| Clusiaceae | St. John's Wort | ⇒ Hypericaceae |
| Corylaceae | Birch | ⇒ Betulaceae |
| Cuscutaceae | Dodder | ⇒ Convolvulaceae |
| Empetraceae | Crowberry | ⇒ Ericaceae |
| Hemerocallidaceae | Day-Lily | ⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Hippocastanaceae | Horse-chestnut | ⇒ Sapindaceae |
| Hippuridaceae | Mare's-Tail | ⇒ Plantaginaceae |
| Hyacinthaceae | Hyacinth | ⇒ Asparagaceae |
| Hydrophyllaceae | Waterleaf | ⇒ Boraginaceae |
| Laxmanniaceae | Cabbage-Tree | ⇒ Asparagaceae |
| Lemnaceae | Duckweed | ⇒ Araceae |
| Lobeliaceae | Lobelia | ⇒ Campanulaceae |
| Monotropaceae | Bird's-nest | ⇒ Ericaceae |
| Najadaceae | Naiad | ⇒ Hydrocharitaceae |
| Phormiaceae | New Zealand Flax | ⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae |
| Pyrolaceae | Wintergreen | ⇒ Ericaceae |
| Ruscaceae | Butcher's-Broom | ⇒ Asparagaceae |
| Sparganiaceae | Bur-reed | ⇒ Typhaceae |
| Themidaceae | 'Hyacinth' | ⇒ Asparagaceae |
| Tiliaceae | Lime | ⇒ Malvaceae |
| Trilliaceae | Herb-Paris | ⇒ Melanthiaceae |
| Viscaceae | Mistletoe | ⇒ Santalaceae |
| Zannichelliaceae | Horned-Pondweed | ⇒ Polemoniaceae |