An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany
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An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany is a foundational 19th-century botanical text by John Lindley that helped establish and popularize a more natural, evolutionary-based classification of plants.
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| An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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botanical text ⓘ scientific monograph ⓘ |
| aim |
to present a natural system of plant classification
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to replace artificial systems of classification ⓘ |
| approach |
morphological comparison of plants
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natural classification ⓘ phylogenetic thinking precursor ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British botanical tradition
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Royal Horticultural Society context NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Lindley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| field | botany ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
foundational work in 19th-century botany
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transition from artificial to natural systems in botany ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century botany
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evolutionary approaches to classification ⓘ plant taxonomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
earlier naturalists
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natural system of plant classification ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
helping establish a natural system of plant classification
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influencing later evolutionary-based plant taxonomy ⓘ popularizing natural classification in botany ⓘ |
| publicationEra | Victorian era ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
classification of flowering plants
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evolutionary theory in biology ⓘ systematics ⓘ |
| scholarlyReception | considered an important early text in natural plant classification ⓘ |
| subject |
natural system of classification
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plant classification ⓘ plant taxonomy ⓘ |
| timePeriodContext |
early 19th-century scientific reform in classification
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pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought ⓘ |
| topic |
plant families
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principles of botanical classification ⓘ relationships among plant groups ⓘ |
| usedIn |
botanical education
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historical studies of taxonomy ⓘ |
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John Lindley