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Encyclopedia > Reveal system

A modern system of plant taxonomy, the Reveal system of plant classification was drawn up by the botanist J.L. Reveal (1941- ), professor emeritus at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland (see his cv). This list of systems of plant taxonomy presents “taxonomic systems” used in plant classification. ...


It is available online in lecture notes (dated 1999) at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland (with an extensive listing of synonyms, both nomenclatural and taxonomic, for each name in the system): 1, 2, 3 4, 4, 6 7, 8, 9 10.


According to these lecture notes the main groups in the system are


In more detail: Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Orders Magnoliales Laurales Piperales Aristolochiales Illiciales Nymphaeales Ranunculales Papaverales Magnoliidae is a sub-class of the Dicotyledon flowering plants in the Cronquist system. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Liliidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. ... Arecidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. ... Commelinidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. ... Families Cannaceae Costaceae Heliconiaceae Lowiaceae Marantaceae Musaceae Strelitziaceae Zingiberaceae The Zingiberales are an order of monocots, including familiar plants like bananas and ginger. ... Orders Caryophyllales Polygonales Plumbaginales Caryophyllidae is a subclass of plants in the older Cronquist classification scheme. ... Hamamelididae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. ... Dilleniidae is a botanical name at the rank of subclass. ... Orders See text The botanical Sub-class Rosidae is a large dicotyledonous flowering plant taxon, containing over 58,000 species grouped within 108 families. ... Asteridae is a botanical subclass of flowering plants in class Dicotyledon or Magnoliopsida. ...



 

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