TheSistem APG, baik [[APGsistem klasifikasi system|APG I]] (1998) andmaupun [[APGsistem IIklasifikasi system|APG II]] (2003) systemsmenggunakan do not use formal botanical names above theistilah [[rank (botany)|rankklad]] ofuntuk order.kelompok Underdi theseatas systems,bangsa larger clades are usually referred to by informal names(ordo), suchseperti as "''magnoliids"'' (plural, nottidak capitalizeddikapitalisasi) oratau "kompleks magnoliid complex". TheSistem APG II recognizes(dan aAPG [[clade]]III, within2009) themengakui [[angiosperms]] for theklad magnoliids. dengan Thecakupan circumscriptionsebagai isberikut:
TheKlad cladeini includesmencakup mosthampir ofsemua thekelompok basaltumbuhan groupsberbunga ofbasal the angiosperms(primitif). Secara This clade was formally named Magnoliidae in 2007 under provisions of theformal, ''[[PhyloCode]]''. menamai klad ini Magnoliidae sejak tahun 2007<ref name="Cantino">{{cite journal | last= Cantino | first= Philip D. | coauthors= James A. Doyle, Sean W. Graham, Walter S. Judd, Richard G. Olmstead, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, & Michael J. Donoghue | year=2007 | title= Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of ''Tracheophyta'' | journal=Taxon | volume=56 | issue=3 | pages= E1–E44 }}</ref>.
