A modern system of plant taxonomy, the Thorne system of plant classification was drawn up by the botanist Robert F. Thorne (1920- ). The system has been modified numerous times, with the most recent published in 2000. This list of systems of plant taxonomy presents âtaxonomic systemsâ used in plant classification. ...
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R.F. Thorne (1968). "Synopsis of a putative phylogenetic classification of flowering plants". Aliso6(4): 57–66.
R.F. Thorne (1992). "Classification and geography of flowering plants". Botanical Review58: 225–348.
R.F. Thorne (1992). "An updated phylogenetic classification of the flowering plants". Aliso13: 365–389.
R.F. Thorne (2000). "The classification and geography of the flowering plants: dicotyledons of the class Angiospermae". Botanical Review66: 441–647.
Thorne system at CSDL, Texas. Also at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland (with an extensive listing of nomenclatural synonyms at each name): 1, 2, 3