APG II system

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The APG II system is an influential 2003 update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group’s classification that reorganized flowering plant families and orders based on molecular phylogenetic evidence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf angiosperm classification
plant classification system
taxonomic system
aimsTo reflect evolutionary relationships among angiosperms
allows optional segregation of some families
basedOn DNA sequence data
molecular phylogenetics
classificationScope orders and families of extant flowering plants
contrastsWith morphology-based classification systems
countryOfOrigin international collaboration
dateAnnounced 2003-04-17
defines families of angiosperms
orders of angiosperms
developedBy Angiosperm Phylogeny Group NERFINISHED
emphasizes monophyletic groups
field plant taxonomy
systematic botany
focusesOn angiosperms
flowering plants
fullName Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II system NERFINISHED
influenced botanical teaching curricula
herbarium organization
modern floras and checklists
isUpdateOf Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification of 1998 NERFINISHED
journalPages 399–436
journalVolume 141
language English
predecessor APG system NERFINISHED
publicationYear 2003
publishedIn Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society NERFINISHED
recognizes major angiosperm clades such as monocots and eudicots
replaced many traditional angiosperm classification systems in use
revised circumscription of several angiosperm families
circumscription of several angiosperm orders
shortName APG II NERFINISHED
status superseded by later APG updates but still historically important
successor APG III system
APG IV system NERFINISHED
titleOfKeyPaper An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II NERFINISHED
usesDataFrom chloroplast genes
mitochondrial genes
nuclear genes
usesRank clade
family
order

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Ericales recognizedBy APG II system
Sonneratiaceae recognizedBy APG II system
Oxalidales recognizedBy APG II system
Crossosomatales recognizedBy APG II system
Geraniales recognizedBy APG II system