Takhtajan classification of flowering plants

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The Takhtajan classification of flowering plants is a taxonomic system developed by Armenian botanist Armen Takhtajan that organizes angiosperms into a detailed hierarchy of classes, subclasses, and orders based on evolutionary relationships.

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instanceOf classification system for angiosperms
plant taxonomy system
aimsTo provide a natural classification of flowering plants
appliesTo angiosperms
flowering plants
basedOn evolutionary relationships
morphological characters
phylogenetic principles
characteristic highly subdivided hierarchy of orders
large number of small orders
recognition of many superorders
comparedWith APG system of angiosperm classification NERFINISHED
contrastsWith purely artificial plant classification systems
creatorAffiliation Soviet botanical tradition
creatorNationality Armenian
developer Armen Takhtajan NERFINISHED
distinguishes dicotyledons
monocotyledons
emphasizes basal dicot groups
primitive angiosperm lineages
field botany
plant systematics
taxonomy
goal to reflect evolutionary history of angiosperms
hasMajorGroup Liliopsida NERFINISHED
Magnoliopsida NERFINISHED
historicalImportance major reference system for angiosperm taxonomy before molecular phylogenetics became dominant
influenced Cronquist system NERFINISHED
later phylogenetic classifications of angiosperms
influencedBy Bessey system NERFINISHED
Engler system NERFINISHED
languageOfOriginalPublication Russian
laterPublishedIn English
notableFeature detailed treatment of higher taxa above family level
recognition of numerous small, morphologically coherent families
timePeriodOfMainDevelopment 20th century
typeOf evolutionary classification
usedIn academic botany
floras and taxonomic references of the late 20th century
usesRank class
family
order
subclass
superorder

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Takhtajan system hasAlternativeName Takhtajan classification of flowering plants