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This book provides a short version of the general classification of flowering plants, together with an exposition of the theory underlying the system. This richly illustrated book presents the most recent up-to-date knowledge on Clusia with a wealth of data in tables and figures and comprehensive referencing. Covering all aspects of tree biology, this richly illustrated volume is an invaluable source of information for any plant scientist.

Special attention has been devoted to the information on botanical nomenclature, identification and phylogeny of angiosperms with numerous relevant examples and detailed explanation of the important nomenclatural problems. An attempt has been made to present a continuity between orthodox and contemporary identification methods by working on a common example. The methods of identification using computers have been further explored to help better online identification. The chapter on cladistic methods has been totally revised, and molecular systematics discussed in considerable detail.

The culmination of more than fifty years of research by the foremost living expert on plant classification, Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants is an important contribution to the field of plant taxonomy. In the last decade, the system of classifying plants has been thoroughly revised. Instead of describing every individual family, Takhtajan includes descriptions in keys to families, which he calls "descriptive keys. Rachel marked it as to-read Dec 03, Nurul Lifetheking added it Dec 05, Putri Ayu marked it as to-read Dec 28, Zon Zon marked it as to-read Jan 20, Bahoze Zuberi marked it as to-read Jun 18, Paul Vittay marked it as to-read Jan 04, Sinta marked it as to-read May 09, Maritza Castilla Arias marked it as to-read Aug 21, Akshatra Pracy marked it as to-read Sep 21, Atul marked it as to-read Dec 25, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.

Be the first to start one ». About Arthur Cronquist. Arthur Cronquist. Books by Arthur Cronquist. Look, we know there's a lot of pressure when it comes to picking a book for your book club. A major difference between the resulting paper and all previous classifications was that it was a broadly collaborative effort, with three compilers and 26 contributors from five countries. Rather than name it after the compilers, the decision was taken to use the name of the larger group, and the new system was named the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification, APG for short.

It was published in and received a lot of media attention, including a half-page spread and an editorial in The Independent newspaper, in which it was suggested that Linnaeus would be turning in his grave! Three further versions of the APG classification were published in , and , each with multiple compilers and contributors.

The most recent version, APG IV published this month, has ten compilers and 15 contributors from six countries and is the result of a workshop hosted by Kew in September An online survey also provided useful background about the views of botanists and other users of the classification around the world Christenhusz et al.

The number of higher-level groups, formal and informal, has also increased, as a reflection of increasing confidence in the relationships of families to each other. Changes in APG IV on the basis of published studies include placement of Petenaea in its own family Petenaeaceae , recognition of Kewaceae for the genus Kewa previously included in Hypertelis in Molluginaceae and reorganisation of some families that were known to be problematic.

For example, several genera had been moved from Icacinaceae into the previously monogeneric Metteniusaceae. Many botanic gardens and herbaria including Kew have adopted the APG system e. Wearn et al. The resulting system allows greater predictability than previous classifications because the groups that are recognised reflect evolutionary relationships of the flowering plants.

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group An ordinal classification for the families of flowering plants. Annals of Missouri Botanical Garden Available online. APG II.