List of systems of plant taxonomyThis list of systems of plant taxonomy presents "taxonomic systems" used in plant classification. A taxonomic system is a coherent whole of taxonomic judgments on circumscription and placement of the considered taxa. It is only a "system" if it is applied to a large group of such taxa (for example, all the flowering plants). There are two main criteria for this list. A system must be taxonomic, that is deal with many plants, by their botanical names. Secondly it must be a system, i.e. deal with the relationships of plants.
Wettstein systemA system of plant taxonomy, the Wettstein system recognised the following main groups, according to Richard Wettstein's Handbuch der Systematischen Botanik (1901–1924). Synopsis Flagellatae p. 65 Myxophyta p. 69 Schizophyta Schizophyceae Schizomycetes Zygophyta Peridinieae Bacillarieae Centricae Pennatae Conjugatae Phaeophytae Rhodophyta Bangieae Florideae Euphallophyta Chlorophyceae Fungi Eumycetes Phycomycetes Ascomycetes Basidiomycetes Lichenes Ascolichenes Basidiolichenes Cormophyta Archegoniatae Bryophyta Musci Hepaticae Pteridophyta Psilophytinae Lycopodiinae Psilotinae Equisetinae Isoëtinae Filicinae Cycadofilicinae Anthophyta Gymnospermae Cycadinae Bennettitinae Cordaitinae Gingkoinae Coniferae Gnetinae Angiospermae p.
ZingiberalesThe Zingiberales are flowering plants forming one of four orders in the commelinids clade of monocots, together with its sister order, Commelinales. The order includes 68 genera and 2,600 species. Zingiberales are a unique though morphologically diverse order that has been widely recognised as such over a long period of time. They are usually large herbaceous plants with rhizomatous root systems and lacking an aerial stem except when flowering.
MonocotyledonMonocotyledons (ˌmɒnəˌkɒtəˈliːdənz), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of the major groups into which the flowering plants have traditionally been divided; the rest of the flowering plants have two cotyledons and are classified as dicotyledons, or dicots. Monocotyledons have almost always been recognized as a group, but with various taxonomic ranks and under several different names.
Flowering plantFlowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (ˌændʒiəˈspərmi:), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον /angeion ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / sperma ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit.
