new name: earlier systems, such as the Engler and Wettstein systems, used the name Helobiae for a comparable unit.

Alismatidae in the Takhtajan system

The Takhtajan system treats this as one of six subclasses within the class Liliopsida (=monocotyledons). It consists of:

* subclass Alismatidae
*: superorder Alismatanae