Melchior system
Appearance
The Melchior system, "a reference in all taxonomic courses",[1] is a classification system detailing the taxonomic system of the Angiospermae according to A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1964),[2] also known as "modified or updated" Engler system.
The collaborators in orders (and some families) were the following:
- Hans Melchior in Casuarinales, Juglandales, Balanopales, Leitneriales, Salicales, Fagales, Urticales, Didiereaceae, Piperales, Aristolochiales, Guttiferales, Sarraceniales, Papaverales, Hydrostachyales, Podostemonales, Julianiales, Violales, Cucurbitales, Myrtiflorae, Umbelliflorae, Primulales, Tubiflorae, Plantaginales, Liliiflorae p. p., Spathiflorae and Microspermae.
- G. Buchheim in Proteales, Cactales, Magnoliales and Ranunculales.
- W. Schultze-Motel in Santalales, Balanophorales, Medusandrales, Rhamnales, Malvales, Diapensiales, Ericales and Cyperales.
- Th. Eckardt in Polygonales, Centrospermae, Batales, Plumbaginales, Helobiae, Triuridales and Pandanales.
- G. K. Schultze-Menz in Rosales.
- H. Scholz in Geraniales, Rutales, Sapindales and Celastrales.
- G. Wagenitz in Thymelaeales, Ebenales, Oleales, Gentianales, Dipsacales and Campanulales.
- U. Hamann in Cyanastraceae, Pontederiaceae, Philydraceae, Juncales, Bromeliales and Commelinales.
- E. Potztal in Graminales, Principes, Synanthae and Scitamineae.
subdivisio Angiospermae
[edit]classis Monocotyledoneae
[edit]ordo Helobiae
[edit]- subordo Alismatineae
- subordo Hydrocharitineae
- subordo Scheuchzeriineae
- subordo Potamogetonineae
ordo Triuridales
[edit]ordo Liliiflorae
[edit]- subordo Liliineae
- Liliaceae
- Xanthorrhoeaceae
- Stemonaceae
- Agavaceae
- Haemodoraceae
- Cyanastraceae
- Amaryllidaceae
- Hypoxidaceae
- Velloziaceae
- Taccaceae
- Dioscoreaceae
- subordo Pontederiineae
- subordo Iridineae
- subordo Burmanniineae
- subordo Philydrineae
ordo Bromeliales
[edit]ordo Commelinales
[edit]- subordo Commelinineae
- subordo Eriocaulineae
- subordo Restionineae
- subordo Flagellariineae
ordo Graminales
[edit]ordo Spathiflorae
[edit]ordo Pandanales
[edit]ordo Scitamineae
[edit]ordo Microspermae
[edit]classis Dicotyledoneae
[edit]subclassis Archychlamydeae
[edit]ordo Casuarinales
[edit]ordo Juglandales
[edit]ordo Balanopales
[edit]ordo Leitneriales
[edit]ordo Santalales
[edit]- subordo Santalineae
- subordo Loranthineae
ordo Balanophorales
[edit]ordo Medusandrales
[edit]ordo Polygonales
[edit]ordo Centrospermae
[edit]- subordo Phytolaccineae
- subordo Portulacineae
- subordo Caryophyllineae
- subordo Chenopodiineae
- incertae sedis
ordo Magnoliales
[edit]- Magnoliaceae
- Degeneriaceae
- Himantandraceae
- Winteraceae
- Annonaceae
- Eupomatiaceae
- Myristicaceae
- Canellaceae
- Schisandraceae
- Illiciaceae
- Austrobaileyaceae
- Trimeniaceae
- Amborellaceae
- Monimiaceae
- Calycanthaceae
- Gomortegaceae
- Lauraceae
- Hernandiaceae
- Tetracentraceae
- Trochodendraceae
- Eupteleaceae
- Cercidiphyllaceae
ordo Ranunculales
[edit]- subordo Ranunculineae
- subordo Nymphaeineae
ordo Aristolochiales
[edit]ordo Guttiferales
[edit]- subordo Dilleniineae
- subordo Ochnineae
- subordo Theineae
- subordo Ancistrocladineae
ordo Sarraceniales
[edit]ordo Papaverales
[edit]- subordo Papaverineae
- subordo Capparineae
- subordo Resedineae
- subordo Moringineae
- subordo Hamamelidineae
- subordo Saxifragineae
- Crassulaceae
- Cephalotaceae
- Saxifragaceae
- Brunelliaceae
- Cunoniaceae
- Davidsoniaceae
- Pittosporaceae
- Byblidaceae
- Roridulaceae
- Bruniaceae
- subordo Rosineae
- subordo Leguminosineae
ordo Hydrostachyales
[edit]ordo Podostemales
[edit]ordo Geraniales
[edit]- subordo Limnanthineae
- subordo Geraniineae
- Oxalidaceae
- Geraniaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
- Zygophyllaceae
- Linaceae
- Erythroxylaceae
- subordo Euphorbiineae
- Euphorbiaceae
- Daphniphyllaceae
- subordo Rutineae
- subordo Malpighiineae
- subordo Polygalineae
ordo Sapindales
[edit]- subordo Coriariineae
- subordo Anacardiineae
- subordo Sapindineae
- subordo Balsamineae
ordo Julianiales
[edit]ordo Celastrales
[edit]- subordo Celastrineae
- Cyrillaceae
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Aquifoliaceae
- Corynocarpaceae
- Pandaceae
- Celastraceae
- Staphyleaceae
- Hippocrateaceae
- Stackhousiaceae
- Salvadoraceae
- subordo Buxineae
- subordo Icacinineae
- subordo Elaeocarpineae
- subordo Sarcolaenineae
- subordo Malvineae
- subordo Scytopetalineae
ordo Thymelaeales
[edit]- Family Geissolomataceae
- Monotypic. It consists of genus Geissoloma Lindl. ex Kunth, and species Geissoloma marginatum, from Cape, South Africa.
- Family Penaeaceae from South Africa.
- Tribe Endonemeae
- Endonema A.Juss.
- Glischrocolla (Endl.) A.DC.
- Tribe Penaeeae
- Brachysiphon A.Juss.
- Penaea L.
- Saltera Bullock (syn.:Sarcocolla Kunth)
- Tribe Endonemeae
Note: Sonderothamnus R.Dahlgren, 1968 is posterior to the publication of this work, and Stylapterus A.Juss. was included by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker in Penaea.
- Family Dichapetalaceae
- Dichapetalum Thouars
- Gonypetalum Ule (currently syn. of Tapura)
- Stephanopodium Poepp.
- Tapura Aubl.
- Family Thymelaeaceae
Note: the classification of Thymelaeaceae was based on Domke 1934.[3]
- Subfamily Gonystyloideae (Syn.:Gonystylaceae)
- Subfamily Aquilarioideae
- Tribe Microsemmateae
- Tribe Solmsieae
- Tribe Octolepideae
- Tribe Aquilarieae
- Subfamily Gilgiodaphnoideae (or Synandrodaphnoideae)
- Monotypic. It consists of genus Gilgiodaphne (currently synonym of Synandrodaphne Gilg), and species Gilgiodaphne paradoxa, syn. of Synandrodaphne paradoxa, from West Africa.
- Subfamily Thymelaeoideae
- Tribe Dicranolepideae
- Tribe Phalerieae
- Tribe Daphneae
- Tribe Thymelaeeae (Syn.:Gnidieae)
- Family Elaeagnaceae
- subordo Flacourtiineae
- Flacourtiaceae
- Peridiscaceae
- Violaceae
- Stachyuraceae
- Scyphostegiaceae
- Turneraceae
- Malesherbiaceae
- Passifloraceae
- Achariaceae
- subordo Cistineae
- subordo Tamaricineae
- subordo Caricineae
- subordo Loasineae
- subordo Begoniineae
ordo Cucurbitales
[edit]ordo Myrtiflorae
[edit]- subordo Myrtineae
- Lythraceae
- Trapaceae
- Crypteroniaceae
- Myrtaceae
- Dialypetalanthaceae
- Sonneratiaceae
- Punicaceae
- Lecythidaceae
- Melastomataceae
- Rhizophoraceae
- Combretaceae
- Onagraceae
- Oliniaceae
- Haloragaceae
- Theligonaceae
- subordo Hippuridineae
- subordo Cynomoriineae
ordo Umbelliflorae
[edit]subclassis Sympetalae
[edit]ordo Diapensiales
[edit]ordo Primulales
[edit]ordo Plumbaginales
[edit]- subordo Sapotineae
- subordo Ebenineae
ordo Gentianales
[edit]ordo Tubiflorae
[edit]- subordo Convolvulineae
- subordo Boraginineae
- subordo Verbenineae
- subordo Solanineae
- Nolanaceae
- Solanaceae
- Duckeodendraceae
- Buddlejaceae
- Scrophulariaceae
- Globulariaceae
- Bignoniaceae
- Henriqueziaceae
- Acanthaceae
- Pedaliaceae
- Martyniaceae
- Gesneriaceae
- Columelliaceae
- Orobanchaceae
- Lentibulariaceae
- subordo Myoporineae
- subordo Phrymineae
ordo Plantaginales
[edit]ordo Dipsacales
[edit]ordo Campanulales
[edit]- Campanulaceae
- Sphenocleaceae
- Pentaphragmataceae
- Goodeniaceae
- Brunoniaceae
- Stylidiaceae
- Calyceraceae
- Compositae or Asteraceae
References
[edit]- ^ Swift, Lloyd H. (1974). Botanical Classifications. Hamden, Connecticut,USA: Archon Books. ISBN 0-208-01455-1.
- ^ H. Melchior (1964). Adolf Engler (ed.). Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). Berlin-Nikolassee, Gebr. Borntraeger. I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. II. Band: Angiospermen.
- ^ Domke, W. (1934).Untersuchungen über die geographische und systematische Gliederung der Thymelaeaceae. Biblioth. Bot. 111:1-151.
Bibliography
[edit]- Melchior, Hans; Werdermann, Erich, eds. (1964) [1892]. A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart.