Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification
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The Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification is a major 19th-century natural (morphology-based) system that organized flowering plants into families and genera, widely used in botanical works and herbaria before the rise of phylogenetic classifications.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bentham and Hooker system | 2 |
| Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification Context triple: [De Candolle system of plant classification, influenced, Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification]
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De Candolle system of plant classification
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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Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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C.
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita is a foundational 18th-century botanical work by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu that systematically classified plants according to natural relationships, helping to establish modern plant taxonomy.
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Linnaean sexual system of plants
The Linnaean sexual system of plants is an 18th-century botanical classification method developed by Carl Linnaeus that groups plants based on the number and arrangement of their reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).
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Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification Target entity description: The Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification is a major 19th-century natural (morphology-based) system that organized flowering plants into families and genera, widely used in botanical works and herbaria before the rise of phylogenetic classifications.
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A.
De Candolle system of plant classification
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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B.
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis is a monumental 19th-century multi-volume botanical work that attempted a comprehensive, natural classification and description of all known plant species.
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C.
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita
Genera plantarum secundum ordines naturales disposita is a foundational 18th-century botanical work by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu that systematically classified plants according to natural relationships, helping to establish modern plant taxonomy.
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D.
Linnaean sexual system of plants
The Linnaean sexual system of plants is an 18th-century botanical classification method developed by Carl Linnaeus that groups plants based on the number and arrangement of their reproductive organs (stamens and pistils).
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E.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum is Carl Linnaeus’s landmark 1753 work that established the modern system of botanical nomenclature by systematically describing and naming plant species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
morphology-based classification system
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natural system of classification ⓘ plant classification system ⓘ |
| aim | to provide a practical arrangement for identification of flowering plants ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
angiosperms
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flowering plants ⓘ |
| arranges |
families into orders
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genera into families ⓘ species into genera ⓘ |
| basedOn |
morphological characters
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natural affinities ⓘ |
| classificationLevel |
family
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genus ⓘ order ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criterionForGrouping |
floral characters
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overall morphological similarity ⓘ vegetative characters ⓘ |
| developedBy |
George Bentham
NERFINISHED
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Joseph Dalton Hooker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doesNotUse |
evolutionary history
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phylogenetic relationships ⓘ |
| followedBy |
APG system of classification
NERFINISHED
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Cronquist system of classification NERFINISHED ⓘ Engler and Prantl system of classification ⓘ Hutchinson system of classification NERFINISHED ⓘ Takhtajan system of classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalImportance | standard reference for angiosperm families in the late 19th century ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later natural classification systems ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginalWork | Latin ⓘ |
| majorDivision |
Dicotyledones
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Gymnospermae NERFINISHED ⓘ Monocotyledones ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 3 ⓘ |
| precededBy | De Candolle system of classification ⓘ |
| publication | Genera Plantarum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationEndYear | 1883 ⓘ |
| publicationStartYear | 1862 ⓘ |
| status | historically important but largely superseded by phylogenetic systems ⓘ |
| subdivisionOfDicots |
Gamopetalae
NERFINISHED
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Monochlamydeae NERFINISHED ⓘ Polypetalae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOf | pre-Darwinian style classification in concept though partly post-Darwinian in time ⓘ |
| usedIn |
botanical gardens
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floras ⓘ herbaria ⓘ taxonomic literature ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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De Candolle system of plant classification
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influenced
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Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification
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Bentham and Hooker system
this entity surface form:
Bentham and Hooker system