TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification there is no Subclass
Proteidae. There are several small Orders diverging early at the beginning of the Eudicotyledons after the first two Orders
Ceratophyllales and
Ranunculales: Sabiales,
Proteales,
Trochodendrales,
Buxales, Gunnerales,
Dilleniales,
Saxifragales,
Vitales. These have not been assigned to a Class or Subclass.
In the
Plant theory most of these Orders are taken together in one Order
Proteales and one Subclass
Proteidae. The Orders taken together are: Sabiales,
Proteales,
Trochodendrales,
Buxales, Gunnerales,
Vitales.
Proteidae are a Subclass of the
Fabanae. They have the emphasis on the
Silicon series.
Dilleniales is placed in the Class
Asteranae and
Saxifragales is placed in the Class
Malvanae. The table below gives the placements in the different systems.
The placement and classification of
Proteidae is problematic as few remedies of them are known in homeopathy. Viewed from the point of phylogeny
Proteidae is paraphyletic. In the
Plant theory this is accepted and named prephyletic. This is explained in the Chapter “
Classes, Cladistics”.
Proteales is the only Order in
Proteidae and is thus in
Phase 1.