FAMILY GRAVEYARD

FAMILY GRAVEYARD This website now endeavours to conform to the APGIII taxonomic system of 2009. As such a great deal of rationalization, re-assignment, abolishment and the invention of totally new families has occurred in comparison to previous systems, such as 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 have been buried in the family vaults but 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 redistributed into more than one differing family, some of which may be newly-fangled families. Conversely; many old families have been merged into a single new family. This list is probably in-complete; more will indubitably be added to the list as taxonomists further refine their  alchemy  ingenious technique in the coming years. Any discrepancies from AGPIII could be due to some disagreement between taxonomists, for many genera are still in a state of taxonomic flux, some torn between more than two magnetic poles. The genera currently under Boraginaceae could be due for some major turmoil in the future, if only taxonomists could agree what. At some point in the future the constituents of the Boraginaceae will be torn asunder and flung off into nethereaches of the cosmic landscape by several co-gyrating pulsars at tachyonic speeds, perhaps to land up in several different Universes out of the >10500 thought available.

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.

THE -ae FAMILY GRAVEYARD

R.I.P.	ENGLISH FAMILY	CHANGED TO/MOVED INTO
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	CHANGED TO/MOVED INTO
Aceraceae	Maple	⇒ Sapindaceae
Agapanthaceae	African-Lily	⇒ Alliaceae
Agavaceae	Centuryplant	⇒ Asparagaceae
Aloeaceae	Aloe	⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae
Amaryllidaceae	Jersey-Lily	⇒ Alliaceae
Asphodelaceae	Asphodel	⇒ Xanthorrhoeaceae
Aspidiaceae	Some 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	⇒ Potamogetonaceae

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FAMILY GRAVEYARD

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