Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification

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morphology-based classification system natural system of classification plant classification system

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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instanceOf morphology-based classification system ⓘ
natural system of classification ⓘ
plant classification system ⓘ
aim to provide a practical arrangement for identification of flowering plants ⓘ
appliesTo angiosperms ⓘ
flowering plants ⓘ
arranges families into orders ⓘ
genera into families ⓘ
species into genera ⓘ
basedOn morphological characters ⓘ
natural affinities ⓘ
classificationLevel family ⓘ
genus ⓘ
order ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criterionForGrouping floral characters ⓘ
overall morphological similarity ⓘ
vegetative characters ⓘ
developedBy George Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Dalton Hooker NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotUse evolutionary history ⓘ
phylogenetic relationships ⓘ
followedBy APG system of classification NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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status historically important but largely superseded by phylogenetic systems ⓘ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 ⓘ
Monochlamydeae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Polypetalae NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
typeOf pre-Darwinian style classification in concept though partly post-Darwinian in time ⓘ
usedIn botanical gardens ⓘ
floras ⓘ
herbaria ⓘ
taxonomic literature ⓘ

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De Candolle system of plant classification → influenced → Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification ⓘ
Cronquist system → precededBy → Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bentham and Hooker system
Takhtajan system → precededBy → Bentham and Hooker system of plant classification ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bentham and Hooker system