Bentham & Hooker system
System of plant classification by Bentham and Hooker
A taxonomic system for seed plants was published in Bentham and Hooker's Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita in three volumes between 1862 and 1883.
George Bentham (1800–1884) and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) were British botanists who were closely affiliated to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in England. Their system of botanical taxonomy was based on the principle of natural affinities and is considered as pre-Darwinian as it does not take evolution into account. The Genera plantarum classified an estimated 97,205 species into 202 families and 7,569 genera.
Summary
The system recognises the following main groups:
Class DICOTYLEDONES
DICOTYLEDONUM POLYPETALE vol I
Series 1. Thalamiflorae
Series 2. Disciflorae
Series 3. Calyciflorae
DICOTYLEDONES GAMOPETALÆ vol II
Series 1. Inferae
Series 2. Heteromerae
Series 3.
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