List of systems of plant taxonomy
This list of systems of plant taxonomy presents "taxonomic systems" used in plant classification.
A taxonomic system is a coherent whole of taxonomic judgments on circumscription and placement of the considered taxa. It is only a "system" if it is applied to a large group of such taxa (for example, all the flowering plants).
There are two main criteria for this list. A system must be taxonomic, that is deal with a large number of plants, by their botanical names. Secondly it must be a system, i.e. deal with the relationships of plants. Although thinking about relationships of plants had started much earlier (see history of plant systematics), such systems really only came into being in the 19th century, as a result of an ever increasing influx from all over the world of newly discovered plant species. The 18th century saw some early systems, which are perhaps precursors rather than full taxonomic systems.
A milestone event was the publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus which serves as the starting point of binomial nomenclature for plants. By its size this would qualify to be on this list, but it does not deal with relationships, beyond assigning plants into genera.
Note that a system is not necessarily monolithic and often goes through several stages of development, resulting in several versions of the same system. When a system is widely adopted, many authors will adopt their own particular version of the system. The Cronquist system is well known for existing in many versions.
Chronological list of systems
Pre-Linnaean
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- Theophrastus classification
- Historia Plantarum (Enquiry into Plants), c. 300 BC
- Causes of Plants, c. 300 BC
- Dioscorides classification
- De Materia Medica, c. 60 AD
- Albertus Magnus classification
- De Vegetabilibus, c. 1256
- Caesalpino classification
- De Plantis, 1583
- John Gerard classification
- Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1597
- Gaspard Bauhin cassification
- Pinax theatri botanici, 1623
- John Ray classification
- Historia Plantarum, 1686–1704
- Tournefort classification
- Éléments de botanique, 1694
From Linnaeus to Darwin (pre-Darwinian)
- Linnaean systems
- Systema Naturae, 1st edition, 1735.
- Systema Naturae, 10th edition, 1758 (vol. 1), 1759 (vol. 2). Starting point of zoological nomenclature.
- Species Plantarum, 1753. Starting point of botanical nomenclature.
- Genera Plantarum, 1737 (1st ed.), 1753 (5th ed.).
- Philosophia Botanica, 1751.
- Adanson system
- Familles naturelles des plantes, 1763.
- de Jussieu system
- A.L. de Jussieu (1789). Genera Plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam.
- (available online at Gallica)
- de Candolle system
- A. P. de Candolle (1819). Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, ou exposition des principes de la classification naturelle et de l’art de décrire et d’etudier les végétaux (2nd ed.).
- A. P. de Candolle; et al. (1824–1873). Prodromus systemati naturalis regni vegetabilis sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta.
- (available online at Gallica)
- Lindley system
- Lindley (1830). An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany.
- (available online at BHL)
- Lindley (1845). The Vegetable Kingdom.
- (available online at BHL)
- Bentham & Hooker system
- G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker (1862–1883). Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. 3 volumes.
- (available online at Gallica)
- Baillon system
- H. Baillon (1867–1894). Histoire des plantes. 13 volumes.
Post Darwinian (Phyletic)
- Eichler system
- Eichler (1883). Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde (3rd ed.).
- Van Tieghem system
- Van Tieghem, Philippe Édouard Léon (1891) [1884]. Traité de botanique (in French) (2nd ed.). Paris: Savy. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- Engler system
- A. Engler & K. Prantl (1887–1915; 2nd edition, 1924–). Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien.
- A. Engler (1892). Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik [or, in further editions, Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien].
- Dalla Torre & Harms system
- K.W. von Dalla Torre & H. Harms (1900–1907). Genera Siphonogamarum, ad systema Englerianum conscripta.
- Bessey system
- Charles E. Bessey (1907). "A Synopsis of Plant Phyla". Univ. Nebraska Studies 7: 275–358.
- Charles E. Bessey (1915). "The phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (Missouri Botanical Garden Press) 2 (1/2): 109–164. doi:10.2307/2990030. JSTOR 2990030.
- Wettstein system
- R. Wettstein (in two volumes, 1901-1908; 2nd edition, 1911; 3rd edition, 1923-24; 4th edition, 1933-35). Handbuch der systematischen Botanik.
- Rendle system
- Alfred Barton Rendle. The Classification of Flowering Plants 1904, 1925
- Lotsy system
- Johannes Paulus Lotsy. Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte, gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden. Ein Lehrbuch der Pflanzensystematik. 1907-1911
- Benson system
- Lyman David Benson. Plant Classification 1957
- Hutchinson system
- J. Hutchinson (two volumes, 1926–1934; 2nd edition 1959; 3rd edition, 1973). The families of flowering plants, arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny.
- Hallier system
- Hallier, H (1912). "L'origine et le système phylétique des angiospermes exposés à l'aide de leur arbre généalogique". Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Série III. B 1: 146–234.
- Warming system
- Warming, Eugenius (1912). Frøplanterne (Spermatofyter) (in Danish). Kjøbenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- Calestani system
- Calestani, Vittorio (1933). "Le origini e la classificazione delle Angiosperme". Archo. Bot. Sist. Fito-Geogr. Genet. 9: 274–311.
- Kimura system
- Kimura, Yojiro (1956). "Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones". Notulae Systematicae, Herbier du Muséum de Paris 15: 137–159.
- Emberger system
- Chaudefaud, Marius; Emberger, Louis (1960). Traité de Botanique systématique 2 vols. Paris: Masson.
- Melchior system
- H. Melchior (1964). Adolf Engler, ed. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th edition, II. Band ed.). (also known as modified Engler system, in Angiospermae)
- Takhtajan system
- A. Takhtajan (in Russian, 1966). A system and phylogeny of the flowering plants.
- A. Takhtajan (1969, transl. from Russian by C. Jeffrey). Flowering plants: origin and dispersal. ISBN 0-05-001715-2.
- A. Takhtajan (1980). "Outline of the classification of flowering plants (Magnoliophya)". Botanical Review 46 (3): 225–359. doi:10.1007/BF02861558.
- A. Takhtajan (1997). Diversity and classification of flowering plants. ISBN 0-231-10098-1.
- Cronquist system
- A. Cronquist (1968; 2nd edition 1988). The evolution and classification of flowering plants. ISBN 0-89327-332-5.
- A. Cronquist (1981). An integrated system of classification of flowering plants. ISBN 0-231-03880-1.
- Goldberg system
- Aaron Goldberg (1986). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 58: 1–314. doi:10.5479/si.0081024x.58. (available online: Full text (PDF) here) [there is also a comparison among 11 Dicotyledons systems since 1960 until 1985]
- Aaron Goldberg (1989). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Monocotyledons". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 71: 1–73. doi:10.5479/si.0081024x.71. (available online: Full text (PDF) here)
Other systems
References
External links
- List of systems on a Russian server, by Alexey Shipunov
- Minelli, Alessandro (1993). Biological Systematics. The State of the Art. Chapman & Hall, London. 387 pp. Appendices 2-23, with major systematic works.
- Review of systems 1703-1845, in Lindley, John (1846): The Vegetable Kingdom
- Rao M. M., Reddy, S.M. (2007), Plant Taxonomy: Systems of Classification, in Reddy S. M. et al. (eds.) University Botany - 3, New Age International, pp. 7-32, ISBN 978-81-224-1547-6
Bibliography
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| Linnaean system (1735–51) | |
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| Adanson system (1763) | Familles naturelles des plantes |
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| De Jussieu system (1789) | Genera Plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam |
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| De Candolle system (1819–24) |
- Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, ou exposition des principes de la classification naturelle et de l'art de décrire et d'etudier les végétaux
- Prodromus systemati naturalis regni vegetabilis sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta
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| Agardh system (1825) | Classes Plantarum |
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| Gray system (1821) | The Natural Arrangement of British Plants |
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| Lindley system (1830–45) |
- An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany
- The Vegetable Kingdom
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| Don system (1834) | General History of Dichlamydious Plants. |
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| Bentham & Hooker system (1862–83) | Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita. |
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| Baillon system (1867–94) | Histoire des plantes |
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| Eichler system (1875–1886) |
- Blüthendiagramme: construirt und erläutert
- Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde
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| Engler system (1886–1924) | |
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| Dalla Torre & Harms system (1900–07) | Genera Siphonogamarum, ad systema Englerianum conscripta |
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| Bessey system (1915) | The phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants |
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| Wettstein system (1901–35) | Handbuch der systematischen Botanik |
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| Lotsy system (1907–11) | Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte, gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden. Ein Lehrbuch der Pflanzensystematik. |
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| Hutchinson system (1926–73) | The families of flowering plants, arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny |
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| Melchior system (1964) | Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien |
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| Takhtajan system (1966–97) |
- A system and phylogeny of the flowering plants
- Flowering plants: origin and dispersal
- Diversity and classification of flowering plants
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| Cronquist system (1968–81) |
- The evolution and classification of flowering plants
- An integrated system of classification of flowering plants
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| Goldberg system (1986–89 | Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons |
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| Dahlgren system (1975–85) | The families of the monocotyledons: structure, evolution, and taxonomy |
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| Thorne system (1968–2000) | An updated phylogenetic classification of the flowering plants |
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| Kubitzki system (1990–) | The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants |
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| Reveal system (1999) | Reveal System of Angiosperm Classification |
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| Angiosperm Phylogeny Group System (1998–2009) | |
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