APG III system

Organization

The APG III system recognized all of the 45 orders of the previous system, as well as 14 new ones. The order Ceratophyllales was erroneously marked as a new order, but it had been recognized in both of the previous APG systems. The newly recognized orders were:

Amborellales, Nymphaeales, Chloranthales, Petrosaviales, Trochodendrales, Buxales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Picramniales, Huerteales, Berberidopsidales, Escalloniales, Bruniales, and Paracryphiales.

The designation of alternative "bracketed families" was abandoned in APG III, because its inclusion in the previous system had been unpopular. APG III recognized 413 families, 43 fewer than in the previous system. Forty-four of the 55 "bracketed families" were discontinued, and 20 other families were discontinued as well.

The discontinued bracketed families were:

Illiciaceae, Alliaceae, Agapanthaceae, Agavaceae, Aphyllanthaceae, Hesperocallidaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Laxmanniaceae, Ruscaceae, Themidaceae, Asphodelaceae, Hemerocallidaceae, Kingdoniaceae, Fumariaceae, Pteridophyllaceae, Didymelaceae, Tetracentraceae, Pterostemonaceae, Hypseocharitaceae, Francoaceae, Memecylaceae, Lepuropetalaceae, Rhoipteleaceae, Medusagynaceae, Quiinaceae, Malesherbiaceae, Turneraceae, Bretschneideraceae, Diegodendraceae, Cochlospermaceae, Peganaceae, Tetradiclidaceae, Nyssaceae, Ternstroemiaceae, Pellicieraceae, Aucubaceae, Donatiaceae, Lobeliaceae, Desfontainiaceae, Diervillaceae, Dipsacaceae, Linnaeaceae, Morinaceae, and Valerianaceae.

The other discontinued families were:

Limnocharitaceae, Luzuriagaceae, Sparganiaceae, Ixerbaceae, Ledocarpaceae, Heteropyxidaceae, Psiloxylaceae, Oliniaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Parnassiaceae, Maesaceae, Myrsinaceae, Theophrastaceae, Eremosynaceae, Polyosmaceae, Tribelaceae, Sphenostemonaceae, Aralidiaceae, Mackinlayaceae, and Melanophyllaceae.

21 families were accepted in the APG III system which had not been in the previous system, and a few families were moved to a different position. The newly recognized families are:

Cynomoriaceae, Haptanthaceae, Petermanniaceae, Schoepfiaceae, Limeaceae, Lophiocarpaceae, Montiaceae, Talinaceae, Anacampserotaceae, Centroplacaceae, Calophyllaceae, Guamatelaceae, Gerrardinaceae, Dipentodontaceae, Capparidaceae, Cleomaceae, Cytinaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Metteniusaceae, Linderniaceae, and Thomandersiaceae.

The number of families not placed in any order was reduced from 39 to 10. Apodanthaceae and Cynomoriaceae were placed among the angiosperms, incertae sedis, that is, not in any group within the angiosperms. Eight other families were placed incertae sedis in various supra-ordinal groups within the angiosperms. The families not placed in any order were:

Apodanthaceae, Cynomoriaceae, Dasypogonaceae, Sabiaceae, Dilleniaceae, Icacinaceae, Metteniusaceae, Oncothecaceae, Vahliaceae, and Boraginaceae.

The paragraph below shows the number of families in each order and the placement of those families that were not included in any order. These figures were produced by simply counting the families in the text of the paper that established APG III.

ORDERS: Amborellales (1), Nymphaeales (3), Austrobaileyales (3), Chloranthales (1), Canellales (2), Piperales (5), Magnoliales (6), Laurales (7), Acorales (1), Alismatales (13), Petrosaviales (1), Dioscoreales (3), Pandanales (5), Liliales (10), Asparagales (14), Arecales (1), Poales (16), Commelinales (5), Zingiberales (8), Ceratophyllales (1), Ranunculales (7), Proteales (3), Trochodendrales (1), Buxales (2), Gunnerales (2), Saxifragales (14), Vitales (1), Zygophyllales (2), Celastrales (2), Oxalidales (7), Malpighiales (35), Fabales (4), Rosales (9), Fagales (7), Cucurbitales (7), Geraniales (3), Myrtales (9), Crossosomatales (7), Picramniales (1), Sapindales (9), Huerteales (3), Brassicales (17), Malvales (10), Berberidopsidales (2), Santalales (7), Caryophyllales (34), Cornales (6), Ericales (22), Garryales (2), Gentianales (5), Solanales (5), Lamiales (23), Aquifoliales (5),Asterales (11), Escalloniales (1), Bruniales (2), Apiales (7), Paracryphiales (1), Dipsacales (2).

SUPRA-ORDINAL GROUPS: commelinids (1), basal eudicots (1), Pentapetalae (1), lamiids incertae sedis (3), core lamiids (2), angiosperms incertae sedis (2).

The circumscription of the family Icacinaceae remains especially doubtful. Apodytes and its close relative, Rhaphiostylis, as well as Emmotum, Cassinopsis, and a few other genera were provisionally retained within it until further studies can determine whether they properly belong there.

Three genera (Gumillea, Nicobariodendron, and Petenaea) were placed within the angiosperms incertae sedis. Gumillea had been unplaced in APG II. Nicobariodendron and Petenaea were newly added to the list. The latter was later placed into its own family Petenaeaceae in the order Huerteales

The classification is shown below in two versions. The short version goes to the level of orders and of families unplaced in an order. The detailed version shows all the families. Orders at the same level in the classification are arranged alphabetically. Note that orders may not contain the same families as in earlier versions of the APG system (APG system, APG II system). Further detail on relationships can be seen in the phylogenetic tree below.

Short version

clade angiospermsclade magnoliidsclade monocotsclade commelinidsprobable sister of eudicotsclade eudicotsclade core eudicotsclade rosidsclade fabids (eurosids I)clade malvids (eurosids II)(back to core eudicots)

Detailed version

Legend:

* = new family placement;
† = newly recognized order for the APG system;
§ = new family circumscription described in the text;
$ = families that represent the broader circumscription of options available in APG II and favoured here;
$$ = families that were in square brackets in APG II, the narrower circumscriptions favoured here.

Angiosperms

†Amborellales Melikyan, A.V.Bobrov & Zaytzeva

Amborellaceae Pichon

†Nymphaeales Salisb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

$$Cabombaceae Rich. ex A.Rich.

*Hydatellaceae U.Hamann

$$Nymphaeaceae Salisb.

Austrobaileyales Takht. ex Reveal

Austrobaileyaceae Croizat

$Schisandraceae Blume (including Illiciaceae A.C.Sm.)

Trimeniaceae L.S.Gibbs

†Chloranthales R.Br.

Chloranthaceae R.Br. ex Sims

Magnoliids

Canellales Cronquist

Canellaceae Mart.

Winteraceae R.Br. ex Lindl.

Piperales Bercht. & J.Presl

Aristolochiaceae Juss.

Hydnoraceae C.Agardh

Lactoridaceae Engl.

Piperaceae Giseke

Saururaceae F.Voigt

Laurales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Atherospermataceae R.Br.

Calycanthaceae Lindl.

Gomortegaceae Reiche

Hernandiaceae Blume

Lauraceae Juss.

Monimiaceae Juss.

Siparunaceae Schodde

Magnoliales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Annonaceae Juss.

Degeneriaceae I.W.Bailey & A.C.Sm.

Eupomatiaceae Orb.

Himantandraceae Diels

Magnoliaceae Juss.

Myristicaceae R.Br.

Monocots

Acorales Link

Acoraceae Martinov

Alismatales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

§Alismataceae Vent. (including Limnocharitaceae Takht. ex Cronquist)

Aponogetonaceae Planch.

Araceae Juss.

Butomaceae Mirb.

Cymodoceaceae Vines

Hydrocharitaceae Juss.

Juncaginaceae Rich.

Posidoniaceae Vines

Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Ruppiaceae Horan.

Scheuchzeriaceae F.Rudolphi

Tofieldiaceae Takht.

Zosteraceae Dumort.

†Petrosaviales Takht.

Petrosaviaceae Hutch.

Dioscoreales R.Br.

Burmanniaceae Blume

Dioscoreaceae R.Br.

Nartheciaceae Fr. ex Bjurzon

Pandanales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Cyclanthaceae Poit. ex A.Rich.

Pandanaceae R.Br.

Stemonaceae Caruel

Triuridaceae Gardner

Velloziaceae J.Agardh

Liliales Perleb

§Alstroemeriaceae Dumort. (including Luzuriagaceae Lotsy)

Campynemataceae Dumort.

Colchicaceae DC.

Corsiaceae Becc.

Liliaceae Juss.

Melanthiaceae Batsch ex Borkh.

*Petermanniaceae Hutch.

Philesiaceae Dumort.

Ripogonaceae Conran & Clifford

Smilacaceae Vent.

Asparagales Link

$Amaryllidaceae J.St.-Hil. (including Agapanthaceae F.Voigt, Alliaceae Borkh.)

$Asparagaceae Juss. (including Agavaceae Dumort., Aphyllanthaceae Burnett, Hesperocallidaceae Traub, Hyacinthaceae Batsch ex Borkh., Laxmanniaceae Bubani, Ruscaceae M.Roem., Themidaceae Salisb.)

Asteliaceae Dumort.

Blandfordiaceae R.Dahlgren & Clifford

Boryaceae M.W.Chase, Rudall & Conran

Doryanthaceae R.Dahlgren & Clifford

Hypoxidaceae R.Br.

Iridaceae Juss.

Ixioliriaceae Nakai

Lanariaceae R.Dahlgren & A.E.van Wyk

Orchidaceae Juss.

Tecophilaeaceae Leyb.

$Xanthorrhoeaceae Dumort. (including Asphodelaceae Juss. and Hemerocallidaceae R.Br.)

Xeronemataceae M.W.Chase, Rudall & M.F.Fay

Commelinids

Dasypogonaceae Dumort.

Arecales Bromhead

Arecaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Commelinales Mirb. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Commelinaceae Mirb.

Haemodoraceae R.Br.

Hanguanaceae Airy Shaw

Philydraceae Link

Pontederiaceae Kunth

Poales Small

Anarthriaceae D.F.Cutler & Airy Shaw

Bromeliaceae Juss.

Centrolepidaceae Endl.

Cyperaceae Juss.

Ecdeiocoleaceae D.F.Cutler & Airy Shaw

Eriocaulaceae Martinov

Flagellariaceae Dumort.

Joinvilleaceae Toml. & A.C.Sm.

Juncaceae Juss.

Mayacaceae Kunth

Poaceae Barnhart

Rapateaceae Dumort.

Restionaceae R.Br.

Thurniaceae Engl.

§Typhaceae Juss. (including Sparganiaceae Hanin)

Xyridaceae C.Agardh

Zingiberales Griseb.

Cannaceae Juss.

Costaceae Nakai

Heliconiaceae Vines

Lowiaceae Ridl.

Marantaceae R.Br.

Musaceae Juss.

Strelitziaceae Hutch.

Zingiberaceae Martinov

Probable sister of eudicots

Ceratophyllales Link

Ceratophyllaceae Gray

Eudicots

Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Berberidaceae Juss.

$Circaeasteraceae Hutch. (including Kingdoniaceae Airy Shaw)

Eupteleaceae K.Wilh.

Lardizabalaceae R.Br.

Menispermaceae Juss.

$Papaveraceae Juss. (including Fumariaceae Marquis, Pteridophyllaceae Nakai ex Reveal & Hoogland)

Ranunculaceae Juss.

Sabiaceae Blume

Proteales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Nelumbonaceae A.Rich.

$$Platanaceae T.Lestib.

$$Proteaceae Juss.

†Trochodendrales Takht. ex Cronquist

$Trochodendraceae Eichler (including Tetracentraceae A.C.Sm.)

†Buxales Takht. ex Reveal

$Buxaceae Dumort. (including Didymelaceae Leandri)

*Haptanthaceae C.Nelson

Core eudicots

Gunnerales Takht. ex Reveal

$$Gunneraceae Meisn.

$$Myrothamnaceae Nied.

Dilleniaceae Salisb.

Saxifragales Bercht. & J.Presl

Altingiaceae Horan.

Aphanopetalaceae Doweld

Cercidiphyllaceae Engl.

Crassulaceae J.St.-Hil.

Daphniphyllaceae Müll.-Arg.

Grossulariaceae DC.

$$Haloragaceae R.Br.

Hamamelidaceae R.Br.

$Iteaceae J.Agardh (including Pterostemonaceae Small)

Paeoniaceae Raf.

$$Penthoraceae Rydb. ex Britt.

*§Peridiscaceae Kuhlm. (including Medusandraceae Brenan, Soyauxia Oliver)

Saxifragaceae Juss.

$$Tetracarpaeaceae Nakai

†Berberidopsidales Doweld

Aextoxicaceae Engl. & Gilg

Berberidopsidaceae Takht.

Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

*Balanophoraceae Rich.

Loranthaceae Juss.

Misodendraceae J.Agardh

Santalaceae R.Br.

Olacaceae R.Br.

Opiliaceae Valeton

*Schoepfiaceae Blume

Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Achatocarpaceae Heimerl

Aizoaceae Martinov

Amaranthaceae Juss.

*Anacampserotaceae Eggli & Nyffeler

Ancistrocladaceae Planch. ex Walp.

Asteropeiaceae Takht. ex Reveal & Hoogland

Barbeuiaceae Nakai

Basellaceae Raf.

Cactaceae Juss.

Caryophyllaceae Juss.

§Didiereaceae Radlk.

Dioncophyllaceae Airy Shaw

Droseraceae Salisb.

Drosophyllaceae Chrtek, Slavíková & Studnicka

Frankeniaceae Desv.

Gisekiaceae Nakai

Halophytaceae A.Soriano

*Limeaceae Shipunov ex Reveal

*Lophiocarpaceae Doweld & Reveal

§Molluginaceae Bartl.

*Montiaceae Raf.

Nepenthaceae Dumort.

Nyctaginaceae Juss.

Physenaceae Takht.

Phytolaccaceae R.Br.

Plumbaginaceae Juss.

Polygonaceae Juss.

§Portulacaceae Juss.

Rhabdodendraceae Prance

Sarcobataceae Behnke

Simmondsiaceae Tiegh.

Stegnospermataceae Nakai

*Talinaceae Doweld

Tamaricaceae Link

Rosids

†Vitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Vitaceae Juss.

fabids (eurosids I)

†Zygophyllales Link

$$Krameriaceae Dumort.

$$Zygophyllaceae R.Br.

Celastrales Link

$Celastraceae R.Br. (including Lepuropetalaceae Nakai, Parnassiaceae Martinov, Pottingeriaceae Takht.)

Lepidobotryaceae J.Léonard

Oxalidales Bercht. & J.Presl

Brunelliaceae Engl.

Cephalotaceae Dumort.

Connaraceae R.Br.

Cunoniaceae R.Br.

Elaeocarpaceae Juss. ex DC.

*Huaceae A.Chev.

Oxalidaceae R.Br.

Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Achariaceae Harms

Balanopaceae Benth. & Hook.f.

Bonnetiaceae L.Beauvis. ex Nakai

*Calophyllaceae J.Agardh

Caryocaraceae Voigt

*Centroplacaceae Doweld & Reveal

$$Chrysobalanaceae R.Br.

§Clusiaceae Lindl.

Ctenolophonaceae Exell & Mendonça

$$Dichapetalaceae Baill.

Elatinaceae Dumort.

$$§Erythroxylaceae Kunth (including Aneulophus Benth.)

Euphorbiaceae Juss.

$$Euphroniaceae Marc.-Berti

Goupiaceae Miers

Humiriaceae A.Juss.

Hypericaceae Juss.

Irvingiaceae Exell & Mendonça

Ixonanthaceae Planch. ex Miq.

Lacistemataceae Mart.

Linaceae DC. ex Perleb

Lophopyxidaceae H.Pfeiff.

Malpighiaceae Juss.

$Ochnaceae DC. (including Medusagynaceae Engl. & Gilg, Quiinaceae Choisy)

Pandaceae Engl. & Gilg

$Passifloraceae Juss. ex Roussel (including Malesherbiaceae D.Don, Turneraceae Kunth ex DC.)

Phyllanthaceae Martinov

Picrodendraceae Small

Podostemaceae Rich. ex Kunth

Putranjivaceae Meisn.

*Rafflesiaceae Dumort.

$$Rhizophoraceae Pers.

Salicaceae Mirb.

$$Trigoniaceae A.Juss.

Violaceae Batsch

Cucurbitales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Anisophylleaceae Ridl.

Begoniaceae C.Agardh

Coriariaceae DC.

Corynocarpaceae Engl.

Cucurbitaceae Juss.

Datiscaceae Dumort.

Tetramelaceae Airy Shaw

Fabales Bromhead

Fabaceae Lindl.

Polygalaceae Hoffmanns. & Link

Quillajaceae D.Don

Surianaceae Arn.

Fagales Engl.

Betulaceae Gray

Casuarinaceae R.Br.

Fagaceae Dumort.

§Juglandaceae DC. ex Perleb (including Rhoipteleaceae Hand.-Mazz.)

Myricaceae A.Rich. ex Kunth

Nothofagaceae Kuprian

Ticodendraceae Gómez-Laur. & L.D.Gómez

Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl

Barbeyaceae Rendle

Cannabaceae Martinov

Dirachmaceae Hutch.

Elaeagnaceae Juss.

Moraceae Gaudich.

Rhamnaceae Juss.

Rosaceae Juss.

Ulmaceae Mirb.

Urticaceae Juss.

malvids (eurosids II)

Geraniales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

$Geraniaceae Juss. (including Hypseocharitaceae Wedd.)

$Melianthaceae Horan. (including Francoaceae A.Juss.)

§Vivianiaceae Klotzsch (including Ledocarpaceae Meyen)

Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Alzateaceae S.A.Graham

Combretaceae R.Br.

Crypteroniaceae A.DC.

Lythraceae J.St.-Hil.

$Melastomataceae Juss. (including Memecylaceae DC.)

§Myrtaceae Juss. (including Heteropyxidaceae Engl. & Gilg, Psiloxylaceae Croizat)

Onagraceae Juss.

§Penaeaceae Sweet ex Guill. (including Oliniaceae Arn., Rhynchocalycaceae L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs)

Vochysiaceae A.St.-Hil.

Crossosomatales Takht. ex Reveal

*Aphloiaceae Takht.

Crossosomataceae Engl.

*Geissolomataceae A.DC.

*Guamatelaceae S.Oh & D.Potter

Stachyuraceae J.Agardh

Staphyleaceae Martinov

*§Strasburgeriaceae Soler. (including Ixerbaceae Griseb. ex Doweld & Reveal)

†Picramniales Doweld

*Picramniaceae Fernando & Quinn

†Huerteales Doweld

*Dipentodontaceae Merr.

*Gerrardinaceae Alford

Tapisciaceae Takht.

Brassicales Bromhead

$Akaniaceae Stapf (including Bretschneideraceae Engl. & Gilg)

Bataceae Mart. ex Perleb

§Brassicaceae Burnett

*Capparaceae Juss.

Caricaceae Dumort.

*Cleomaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Emblingiaceae J.Agardh

Gyrostemonaceae A.Juss.

Koeberliniaceae Engl.

Limnanthaceae R.Br.

Moringaceae Martinov

Pentadiplandraceae Hutch. & Dalziel

Resedaceae Martinov

Salvadoraceae Lindl.

Setchellanthaceae Iltis

Tovariaceae Pax

Tropaeolaceae Juss. ex DC.

Malvales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

$Bixaceae Kunth (including Cochlospermaceae Planch., Diegodendraceae Capuron)

Cistaceae Juss.

*Cytinaceae A.Rich.

Dipterocarpaceae Blume

Malvaceae Juss.

Muntingiaceae C.Bayer, M.W.Chase & M.F.Fay

Neuradaceae Kostel.

Sarcolaenaceae Caruel

Sphaerosepalaceae Tiegh. ex Bullock

Thymelaeaceae Juss.

Sapindales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Anacardiaceae R.Br.

Biebersteiniaceae Schnizl.

Burseraceae Kunth

Kirkiaceae Takht.

Meliaceae Juss.

$Nitrariaceae Lindl. (including Peganaceae Tiegh. ex Takht., Tetradiclidaceae Takht.)

Rutaceae Juss.

Sapindaceae Juss.

Simaroubaceae DC.

Asterids

Cornales Link.

Cornaceae Bercht. & J.Presl (including Nyssaceae Juss. ex Dumort.)

Curtisiaceae Takht.

Grubbiaceae Endl. ex Meisn.

Hydrangeaceae Dumort.

Hydrostachyaceae Engl.

Loasaceae Juss.

Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl

Actinidiaceae Engl. & Gilg.

Balsaminaceae A.Rich.

Clethraceae Klotzsch

Cyrillaceae Lindl.

Diapensiaceae Lindl.

Ebenaceae Gürke

Ericaceae Juss.

Fouquieriaceae DC.

Lecythidaceae A.Rich.

Marcgraviaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

*Mitrastemonaceae Makino

$Pentaphylacaceae Engl. (including Ternstroemiaceae Mirb. ex DC.)

Polemoniaceae Juss.

§Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh. (including Maesaceae Anderb., B.Ståhl & Källersjö, Myrsinaceae R.Br., Theophrastaceae G.Don)

Roridulaceae Martinov

Sapotaceae Juss.

Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

$$Sladeniaceae Airy Shaw

Styracaceae DC. & Spreng.

Symplocaceae Desf.

$Tetrameristaceae Hutch. (including Pellicieraceae L.Beauvis.)

Theaceae Mirb. ex Ker Gawl.

lamiids (euasterids I)

§*Boraginaceae Juss. (including Hoplestigmataceae Gilg)

Vahliaceae Dandy

Icacinaceae Miers

Metteniusaceae H.Karst. ex Schnizl.

Oncothecaceae Kobuski ex Airy Shaw

Garryales Lindl.

Eucommiaceae Engl.

$Garryaceae Lindl. (including Aucubaceae Bercht. & J.Presl)

Gentianales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Apocynaceae Juss.

Gelsemiaceae Struwe & V.A.Albert

Gentianaceae Juss.

Loganiaceae R.Br. ex Mart.

Rubiaceae Juss.

Lamiales Bromhead

§Acanthaceae Juss.

Bignoniaceae Juss.

Byblidaceae Domin

Calceolariaceae Olmstead

Carlemanniaceae Airy Shaw

Gesneriaceae Rich. & Juss.

Lamiaceae Martinov

*Linderniaceae Borsch, K.Müll., & Eb.Fisch.

Lentibulariaceae Rich.

Martyniaceae Horan.

Oleaceae Hoffmanns. & Link

Orobanchaceae Vent.

Paulowniaceae Nakai

Pedaliaceae R.Br.

Phrymaceae Schauer

§Plantaginaceae Juss.

Plocospermataceae Hutch.

Schlegeliaceae Reveal

Scrophulariaceae Juss.

Stilbaceae Kunth

Tetrachondraceae Wettst.

*Thomandersiaceae Sreem.

Verbenaceae J.St.-Hil.

Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Convolvulaceae Juss.

Hydroleaceae R.Br. ex Edwards

Montiniaceae Nakai

Solanaceae Juss.

Sphenocleaceae T.Baskerv.

campanulids (euasterids II)

Aquifoliales Senft

Aquifoliaceae Bercht. & J.Presl

§Cardiopteridaceae Blume (including Leptaulaceae Tiegh.)

Helwingiaceae Decne.

Phyllonomaceae Small

Stemonuraceae Kårehed

Asterales Link

Alseuosmiaceae Airy Shaw

Argophyllaceae Takht.

Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl

Calyceraceae R.Br. ex Rich.

$Campanulaceae Juss. (including Lobeliaceae Juss.)

Goodeniaceae R.Br.

Menyanthaceae Dumort.

Pentaphragmataceae J.Agardh

Phellinaceae Takht.

Rousseaceae DC.

$Stylidiaceae R.Br. (including Donatiaceae B.Chandler)

†Escalloniales R.Br.

§Escalloniaceae R.Br. ex Dumort. (including Eremosynaceae Dandy, Polyosmaceae Blume, Tribelaceae Airy Shaw)

†Bruniales Dumort.

Bruniaceae R.Br. ex DC.

§Columelliaceae D.Don (including Desfontainiaceae Endl.)

†Paracryphiales Takht. ex Reveal

§Paracryphiaceae Airy Shaw (including *Quintiniaceae Doweld, Sphenostemonaceae P.Royen & Airy Shaw)

Dipsacales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl

Adoxaceae E.Mey.

§Caprifoliaceae Juss. (including Diervillaceae Pyck, Dipsacaceae Juss., Linnaeaceae Backlund, Morinaceae Raf., Valerianaceae Batsch)

Apiales Nakai

Apiaceae Lindl. (including Mackinlayaceae)

Araliaceae Juss.

Griseliniaceae J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. ex A.Cunn.

Myodocarpaceae Doweld

Pennantiaceae J.Agardh

Pittosporaceae R.Br.

§Torricelliaceae Hu (including Aralidiaceae Philipson & B.C.Stone, Melanophyllaceae Takht. ex Airy Shaw)

Taxa of uncertain position

Apodanthaceae Takht. (three genera, now in Cucurbitales)

Cynomoriaceae Endl. ex Lindl.

Gumillea Ruiz & Pav.

Petenaea Lundell (now in Huerteales)

Nicobariodendron (see Simmons, 2004; probably in Celastraceae).

Phylogeny

The APG III system was based on a phylogenetic tree for the angiosperms which included all of the 59 orders and 4 of the unplaced families. The systematic positions of the other 6 unplaced families was so uncertain that they could not be placed in any of the polytomies in the tree. They are shown in the classification table entitled "Detailed version" above, 4 in Euasterids I and 2 in Taxa of uncertain position.

The phylogenetic tree shown below was published with the APG III system, but without some of the labels that are added here.

Subfamilies replacing discontinued families

A number of subfamilies have been proposed to replace some of the families which were optional (i.e. bracketed) in APG II, but have been discontinued in APG III. These are shown in the table below.