Melchior system
This is the named Melchior system, "a reference in all taxonomic courses",[1] detailing the taxonomic system of the Angiospermae according to A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1964),[2] also known as "modified or updated" Engler system.
The collaborators in orders (and some families) were the following:
- Hans Melchior in Casuarinales, Juglandales, Balanopales, Leitneriales, Salicales, Fagales, Urticales, Didiereaceae, Piperales, Aristolochiales, Guttiferales, Sarraceniales, Papaverales, Hydrostachyales, Podostemonales, Julianiales, Violales, Cucurbitales, Myrtiflorae, Umbelliflorae, Primulales, Tubiflorae, Plantaginales, Liliiflorae p. p., Spathiflorae and Microspermae.
- G. Buchheim in Proteales, Cactales, Magnoliales and Ranunculales.
- W. Schultze-Motel in Santalales, Balanophorales, Medusandrales, Rhamnales, Malvales, Diapensiales, Ericales and Cyperales.
- Th. Eckardt in Polygonales, Centrospermae, Batales, Plumbaginales, Helobiae, Triuridales and Pandanales.
- G. K. Schultze-Menz in Rosales.
- H. Scholz in Geraniales, Rutales, Sapindales and Celastrales.
- G. Wagenitz in Thymelaeales, Ebenales, Oleales, Gentianales, Dipsacales and Campanulales.
- U. Hamann in Cyanastraceae, Pontederiaceae, Philydraceae, Juncales, Bromeliales and Commelinales.
- E. Potztal in Graminales, Principes, Synanthae and Scitamineae.
subdivisio Angiospermae
classis Monocotyledoneae
ordo Helobiae
- subordo Alismatineae
- subordo Hydrocharitineae
- subordo Scheuchzeriineae
- subordo Potamogetonineae
ordo Triuridales
ordo Liliiflorae
- subordo Liliineae
- Liliaceae
- Xanthorrhoeaceae
- Stemonaceae
- Agavaceae
- Haemodoraceae
- Cyanastraceae
- Amaryllidaceae
- Hypoxidaceae
- Velloziaceae
- Taccaceae
- Dioscoreaceae
- subordo Pontederiineae
- subordo Iridineae
- subordo Burmanniineae
- subordo Philydrineae
ordo Juncales
ordo Bromeliales
ordo Commelinales
- subordo Commelinineae
- subordo Eriocaulineae
- subordo Restionineae
- subordo Flagellariineae
ordo Graminales
ordo Synanthae
ordo Spathiflorae
ordo Cyperales
ordo Microspermae
classis Dicotyledoneae
subclassis Archychlamydeae
ordo Balanopales
ordo Salicales
ordo Fagales
ordo Proteales
ordo Balanophorales
ordo Medusandrales
ordo Polygonales
ordo Centrospermae
- subordo Phytolaccineae
- subordo Portulacineae
- subordo Caryophyllineae
- subordo Chenopodiineae
- Dysphaniaceae
- Chenopodiaceae
- Amaranthaceae
- incertae sedis
ordo Magnoliales
- Magnoliaceae
- Degeneriaceae
- Himantandraceae
- Winteraceae
- Annonaceae
- Eupomatiaceae
- Myristicaceae
- Canellaceae
- Schisandraceae
- Illiciaceae
- Austrobaileyaceae
- Trimeniaceae
- Amborellaceae
- Monimiaceae
- Calycanthaceae
- Gomortegaceae
- Lauraceae
- Hernandiaceae
- Tetracentraceae
- Trochodendraceae
- Eupteleaceae
- Cercidiphyllaceae
ordo Piperales
- Saururaceae
- Piperaceae
- Chloranthaceae
- Lactoridaceae
ordo Rosales
- subordo Hamamelidineae
- subordo Saxifragineae
- Crassulaceae
- Cephalotaceae
- Saxifragaceae
- Brunelliaceae
- Cunoniaceae
- Davidsoniaceae
- Pittosporaceae
- Byblidaceae
- Roridulaceae
- Bruniaceae
- subordo Rosineae
- subordo Leguminosineae
ordo Hydrostachyales
ordo Geraniales
- subordo Limnanthineae
- subordo Geraniineae
- Oxalidaceae
- Geraniaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
- Zygophyllaceae
- Linaceae
- Erythroxylaceae
- subordo Euphorbiineae
- Euphorbiaceae
- Daphniphyllaceae
ordo Julianiales
ordo Celastrales
- subordo Celastrineae
- Cyrillaceae
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Aquifoliaceae
- Corynocarpaceae
- Pandaceae
- Celastraceae
- Staphyleaceae
- Hippocrateaceae
- Stackhousiaceae
- Salvadoraceae
- subordo Buxineae
- subordo Icacinineae
ordo Malvales
- subordo Elaeocarpineae
- subordo Sarcolaenineae
- subordo Malvineae
- subordo Scytopetalineae
- Scytopetalaceae
ordo Thymelaeales
- Family Geissolomataceae
- Monotypic. It consists of genus Geissoloma Lindl. ex Kunth, and species Geissoloma marginatum, from Cape, South Africa.
- Family Penaeaceae from South Africa.
- Tribe Endonemeae
- Endonema A.Juss.
- Glischrocolla (Endl.) A.DC.
- Tribe Penaeeae
- Brachysiphon A.Juss.
- Penaea L.
- Saltera Bullock (syn.:Sarcocolla Kunth)
- Tribe Endonemeae
Note: Sonderothamnus R.Dahlgren, 1968 is posterior to the publication of this work, and Stylapterus A.Juss. was included by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker in Penaea.
- Family Dichapetalaceae
- Dichapetalum Thouars
- Gonypetalum Ule (currently syn. of Tapura)
- Stephanopodium Poepp.
- Tapura Aubl.
- Family Thymelaeaceae
Note: the classification of Thymelaeaceae was based on Domke 1934.[3]
- Subfamily Gonystyloideae (Syn.:Gonystylaceae)
- Aetoxilon
- Amyxa
- Gonystylus
- Subfamily Aquilarioideae
- Tribe Microsemmateae
- Tribe Solmsieae
- Tribe Octolepideae
- Tribe Aquilarieae
- Subfamily Gilgiodaphnoideae (or Synandrodaphnoideae)
- Monotypic. It consists of genus Gilgiodaphne (currently synonym of Synandrodaphne Gilg), and species Gilgiodaphne paradoxa, syn. of Synandrodaphne paradoxa, from West Africa.
- Subfamily Thymelaeoideae
- Tribe Dicranolepideae
- Tribe Phalerieae
- Tribe Daphneae
- Tribe Thymelaeeae (Syn.:Gnidieae)
- Subfamily Gonystyloideae (Syn.:Gonystylaceae)
- Family Elaeagnaceae
ordo Violales
- subordo Flacourtiineae
- Flacourtiaceae
- Peridiscaceae
- Violaceae
- Stachyuraceae
- Scyphostegiaceae
- Turneraceae
- Malesherbiaceae
- Passifloraceae
- Achariaceae
- subordo Cistineae
- subordo Tamaricineae
- subordo Caricineae
- subordo Loasineae
- subordo Begoniineae
ordo Myrtiflorae
- subordo Myrtineae
- Lythraceae
- Trapaceae
- Crypteroniaceae
- Myrtaceae
- Dialypetalanthaceae
- Sonneratiaceae
- Punicaceae
- Lecythidaceae
- Melastomataceae
- Rhizophoraceae
- Combretaceae
- Onagraceae
- Oliniaceae
- Haloragaceae
- Theligonaceae
- subordo Hippuridineae
- subordo Cynomoriineae
ordo Umbelliflorae
- Alangiaceae
- Nyssaceae
- Davidiaceae
- Cornaceae
- Garryaceae
- Araliaceae
- Umbelliferae or Apiaceae
subclassis Sympetalae
ordo Primulales
- Theophrastaceae
- Myrsinaceae
- Primulaceae
ordo Ebenales
- subordo Sapotineae
- Sapotaceae
- Sarcospermataceae
- subordo Ebenineae
- Ebenaceae
- Styracaceae
- Lissocarpaceae
- Symplocaceae
- Hoplestigmataceae
ordo Oleales
ordo Gentianales
ordo Tubiflorae
- subordo Convolvulineae
- subordo Boraginineae
- subordo Verbenineae
- subordo Solanineae
- Nolanaceae
- Solanaceae
- Duckeodendraceae
- Buddlejaceae
- Scrophulariaceae
- Globulariaceae
- Bignoniaceae
- Henriqueziaceae
- Acanthaceae
- Pedaliaceae
- Martyniaceae
- Gesneriaceae
- Columelliaceae
- Orobanchaceae
- Lentibulariaceae
- subordo Myoporineae
- subordo Phrymineae
ordo Campanulales
References
- Swift, Lloyd H. (1974). Botanical Classifications. Hamden, Connecticut,USA: Archon Books. ISBN 0-208-01455-1.
- H. Melchior (1964). Adolf Engler (ed.). Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. II. Band: Angiospermen.
- Domke, W. (1934).Untersuchungen über die geographische und systematische Gliederung der Thymelaeaceae. Biblioth. Bot. 111:1-151.
Bibliography
- Melchior, Hans; Werdermann, Erich, eds. (1964) [1892]. A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart.
- I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. ISBN 978-3-443-39015-0
- II. Band: Angiospermen. ISBN 978-3-443-39016-7
Note: This is a selected list of the more influential systems. There are many other systems, for instance a review of earlier systems, published by Lindley in his 1853 edition, and Dahlgren (1982). Examples include the works of Scopoli, Ventenat, Batsch and Grisebach.