''Columniferae'' is a
descriptive botanical name. The
Wettstein system used this name for an order of
flowering plants, with the following
circumscription:
* order ''Columniferae''
*: familia ''
Malvaceae''
*: familia ''
Bombacaceae''
*: familia ''
Tiliaceae
Tiliaceae () is a family of flowering plants. It is not a part of the APG, APG II and APG III classifications, being sunk in Malvaceae mostly as the subfamilies Tilioideae, Brownlowioideae and Grewioideae, but has an extensive historical r ...
''
*: familia ''
Sterculiaceae''
*: familia ''
Elaeocarpaceae''
That is, its circumscription is identical to the order ''Malvales'' as used in the 1981 version of the
Cronquist system
The Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including ''The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants'' (1968; 2nd edition, 1988) ...
. The
APG II system, used here, includes all the plants in the first four families in the expanded family ''
Malvaceae sensu lato''.
References
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Historically recognized angiosperm taxa