Takhtajan system
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A system of plant taxonomy, the Takhtajan system of plant classification was published by Armen Takhtajan
, in several versions from the 1950s onwards. It is usually compared to the Cronquist system
. Key publications:
Armen Takhtajan
Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian , was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus...
, in several versions from the 1950s onwards. It is usually compared to the Cronquist system
Cronquist system
The Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's system places flowering plants into two...
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External links
- Takhtajan system at CSDL, Texas. Also at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland (with an extensive listing of synonyms, both nomenclatural and taxonomic, for each name in the system): 1, 2, 3