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 Juncales edit
ordo Bromeliales edit
ordo Commelinales edit
- subordo Commelinineae
- subordo Eriocaulineae
- subordo Restionineae
- subordo Flagellariineae
ordo Graminales edit
ordo Principes edit
ordo Synanthae edit
ordo Spathiflorae edit
ordo Pandanales edit
ordo Cyperales 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 Salicales edit
ordo Fagales edit
ordo Urticales edit
ordo Proteales 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 Cactales edit
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 Piperales edit
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
ordo Batales edit
ordo Rosales edit
- 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
ordo Rutales edit
- 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
ordo Rhamnales edit
ordo Malvales edit
- 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
ordo Violales edit
- 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 Ericales edit
ordo Primulales edit
ordo Plumbaginales edit
ordo Ebenales edit
- subordo Sapotineae
- subordo Ebenineae
ordo Oleales edit
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
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.