De Candolle system of plant classification

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The De Candolle system of plant classification is an early 19th-century botanical taxonomy that organized plants based on natural relationships and morphological characteristics, significantly influencing later classification systems.

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instanceOf botanical taxonomy
historical classification system
plant classification system
aimedTo reflect natural relationships among plant groups
appliedTo flowering plants
vascular plants
approach natural classification
basedOn morphological characteristics
natural relationships among plants
natural system of classification
classificationCriterion comparative morphology
natural affinities
similarity of characters
contrastsWith artificial systems such as the Linnaean sexual system
countryOfOrigin Switzerland
creator Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
developedInCentury 19th century
developedInPeriod early 19th century
emphasizes floral structure
morphology of reproductive organs
overall plant morphology
field botany
plant systematics
taxonomy
goal to replace artificial systems with a natural system
historicalSignificance major step toward modern natural systems of plant classification
provided framework for later refinements in plant taxonomy
influenced Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification
Engler system of plant classification
concept of plant families in modern taxonomy
later natural classification systems
subsequent angiosperm classifications
influencedBy Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
surface form: Jussieu natural system
languageOfPublication French
method analysis of multiple morphological characters
comparative study of plant organs
namedAfter Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
notableFeature formalization of the family rank in plant taxonomy
grouping of plants into natural families
status historically important but largely superseded
usedIn 19th-century botanical literature
usedRank class
family
genus
order
species

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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle hasHonorificEponym De Candolle system of plant classification