''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis'' (1824–1873), also known by its standard botanical abbreviation ''Prodr. (DC.)'', is a 17-volume treatise on botany initiated by

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candoll ...

. De Candolle intended it as a summary of all known seed plants, encompassing

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...

evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...

and biogeography. He authored seven volumes between 1824 and 1839, but died in 1841. His son,

Alphonse de Candolle Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (28 October 18064 April 1893) was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. Biography De Candolle, son of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, first devot ...

, then took up the work, editing a further ten volumes, with contributions from a range of authors. Volume 17 was published in October 1873. The fourth and final part of the index came out in 1874. The ''Prodromus'' remained incomplete, dealing only with

dicotyledons The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...

. In the ''Prodromus'', De Candolle further developed his concept of

families Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Ideal ...

. Note that this system was published well before there were internationally accepted rules for botanical nomenclature. Here, a

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

is indicated as "ordo". Terminations for families were not what they are now. Neither of these phenomena is a problem from a nomenclatural perspective, the present day ICN provides for this. Within the dicotyledons ("classis prima DICOTYLEDONEÆ") the De Candolle system recognises (Pagination from ''Prodromus'', 17 Parts) the list:

System

Subclassis I. THALAMIFLORÆ
art I Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

*: ordo I. RANUNCULACEÆ (Page 1) *: ordo II. DILLENIACEÆ (Page 67) *: ordo III. MAGNOLIACEÆ (Page 77) *: ordo IV. ANONACEÆ ic(Page 83) *: ordo V. MENISPERMACEÆ (Page 95) *: ordo VI. BERBERIDEÆ *: ordo VII. PODOPHYLLACEÆ *: ordo VIII. NYMPHÆACEÆ *: ordo VIIIbis. SARRACENIACEÆ *: ordo IX. PAPAVERACEÆ *: ordo X. FUMARIACEÆ (Page 125) *: ordo XIbis. RESEDACEÆ *: ordo XI. CRUCIFERÆ *: ordo XII. CAPPARIDEÆ *: ordo XIII. FLACOURTIANEÆ *: ordo XIV. BIXINEÆ *: ordo XIVbis. LACISTEMACEÆ *: ordo XV. CISTINEÆ *: ordo XVI. VIOLARIEÆ *: ordo XVII. DROSERACEÆ *: ordo XVIII. POLYGALACEÆ *: ordo XIX. TREMANDREÆ *: ordo XX. PITTOSPOREÆ *: ordo XXI. FRANKENIACEÆ *: ordo XXII. CARYOPHYLLEÆ *: ordo XXIII. LINEÆ *: ordo XXIV. MALVACEÆ *: ordo XXV. BOMBACEÆ ic*: ordo XXVI. BYTTNERIACEÆ *: ordo XXVII. TILIACEÆ *: ordo XXVIII. ELÆOCARPEÆ *: ordo XXIX. CHLENACEÆ *: ordo XXIXbis. ANCISTROCLADEÆ *: ordo XXIXter. DIPTEROCARPEÆ *: ordo XXIXter. icLOPHIRACEÆ *: ordo XXX. TERNSTROEMIACEÆ *: ordo XXXI. CAMELLIEÆ *: ordo XXXII. OLACINEÆ *: ordo XXXIII. AURANTIACEÆ *: ordo XXXIV. HYPERICINEÆ *: ordo XXXV. GUTTIFERÆ *: ordo XXXVI. MARCGRAVIACEÆ *: ordo XXXVII. HIPPOCRATEACEÆ *: ordo XXXVIII. ERYTHROXYLEÆ *: ordo XXXIX. MALPIGHIACEÆ *: ordo XL. ACERINEÆ *: ordo XLI. HIPPOCASTANEÆ *: ordo XLII. RHIZOBOLEÆ *: ordo XLIII. SAPINDACEÆ *: ordo XLIV. MELIACEÆ *: ordo XLV. AMPELIDEÆ *: ordo XLVI. GERANIACEÆ *: ordo XLVII. TROPÆOLEÆ *: ordo XLVIII. BALSAMINEÆ *: ordo XLIX. OXALIDEÆ *: ordo L. ZYGOPHYLLEÆ *: ordo LI. RUTACEÆ *: ordo LII. SIMARUBEÆ ic*: ordo LIII. OCHNACEÆ *: ordo LIV. CORIARIEÆ (Page 739) (Index to Part I p. 741)

Subclassis II. CALYCIFLORÆ arts II – VII

*: ordo LV. CELASTRINEÆ art II(Page 2) *: ordo LVI. RHAMNEÆ *: ordo LVII. BRUNIACEÆ *: ordo LVIII. SAMYDEÆ *: ordo LIX. HOMALINEÆ *: ordo LX. CHAILLETIACEÆ *: ordo LXI. AQUILARINEÆ *: ordo LXII. TEREBINTHACEÆ *: ordo LXIII. LEGUMINOSÆ *: ordo LXIV. ROSACEÆ (Page 525) *: ordo LXV. CALYCANTHEÆ art III (Page 1) *: ordo LXVbis. MONIMIACEÆ *: ordo LXVI. GRANATEÆ *: ordo LXVII. MEMECYLEÆ *: ordo LXVIII. COMBRETACEÆ *: ordo LXIX. VOCHYSIEÆ *: ordo LXX RHIZOPHOREÆ *: ordo LXXI. ONAGRARIEÆ *: ordo LXXII. HALORAGEÆ *: ordo LXXIII. CERATOPHYLLEÆ *: ordo LXXIV. LYTHRARIEÆ *: ordo LXXIVbis. CRYPTERONIACEÆ *: ordo LXXV. TAMARISCINEÆ *: ordo LXXVI. MELASTOMACEÆ *: ordo LXXVII. ALANGIEÆ *: ordo LXXVIII. PHILADELPEÆ *: ordo LXXIX. MYRTACEÆ *: ordo LXXX. CUCURBITACEÆ *: ordo LXXXI. PASSIFLOREÆ *: ordo LXXXII. LOASEÆ *: ordo LXXXIII. TURNERACEÆ *: ordo LXXXIV. FOUQUIERACEÆ *: ordo LXXXV. PORTULACEÆ *: ordo LXXXVI. PARONYCHIEÆ *: ordo LXXXVII. CRASSULACEÆ *: ordo LXXXVIII. FICOIDEÆ (Page 415) *: ordo LXXXIX. CACTEÆ *: ordo XC. GROSSULARIEÆ *: ordo XCI. SAXIFRAGACEÆ art IV (Page 1) *: ordo XCII. UMBELLIFERÆ *: ordo XCIII. ARALIACEÆ *: ordo XCIV. HAMAMELIDEÆ *: ordo XCV. CORNEÆ *: ordo XCVbis. HELWINGIACEÆ *: ordo XCVI. LORANTHACEÆ *: ordo XCVII. CAPRIFOLIACEÆ *: ordo XCVIII. RUBIACEÆ *: ordo XCIX. VALERIANEÆ *: ordo C. DIPSACEÆ (Page 643) *: ordo CI. CALYCEREÆ art V (Page 1) *: ordo CII. COMPOSITÆ (Page 4); art VI (Page 1); art VII (Page 1) *: ordo CIII. STYLIDIEÆ art VII*: ordo CIV. LOBELIACEÆ *: ordo CV. CAMPANULACEÆ *: ordo CVI. CYPHIACEÆ *: ordo CVII. GOODENOVIEÆ *: ordo CVIII. ROUSSÆACEÆ *: ordo CIX. GESNERIACEÆ *: ordo CX. SPHENOCLEACEÆ *: ordo CXI. COLUMELLIACEÆ *: ordo CXII. NAPOLEONEÆ *: ordo CXIII. VACCINIEÆ *: ordo CXIV. ERICACEÆ (Page 580) (Four tribes) **: Arbuteae (Page 580) **: Andromedae (Page 588) **: Ericeae (Page 612) **: Rhodoreae (Page 712) (Two subtribes) ***: Rhododendreae (712) (Nine genera) ****: ''Rhododendron'' (719) (Six sections) *****: ''Buramia'' (720) *****: ''Hymenanthes'' (721) *****: ''Eurhododendron'' (721) *****: ''Pogonanthum'' (725) *****: ''Chamaecistus'' (725) *****: ''Tsutsusi'' (726) ****: ''Kalmia'' (728) ***: Ledeae (729) *: ordo CXV. EPACRIDEÆ (Page 734) *: ordo CXVI. PYROLACEÆ *: ordo CXVII. FRANCOACEÆ *: ordo CXVIII. MONOTROPEÆ (Page 779)

Subclassis III. COROLLIFLORÆ arts VIII – XIII(1)

*: ordo CXIX. LENTIBULARIEÆ (Page 1) *: ordo CXX. PRIMULACEÆ *: ordo CXXI. MYRSINEACEÆ *: ordo CXXII. ÆGICERACEÆ *: ordo CXXIII. THEOPHRASTACEÆ *: ordo CXXIV. SAPOTACEÆ *: ordo CXXV. EBENACEÆ *: ordo CXXVI. STYRACACEÆ *: ordo CXXVII. OLEACEÆ *: ordo CXXVIIbis. SALVADORACEÆ *: ordo CXXVIII. JASMINEÆ *: ordo CXXIX. APOCYNACEÆ *: ordo CXXX. ASCLEPIADEÆ (Page 460) *: ordo CXXX ?LEONIACEÆ *: ordo CXXXI. LOGANIACEÆ art IX (Page 1) *: ordo CXXXII. GENTIANACEÆ *: ordo CXXXIII. BIGNONIACEÆ *: ordo CXXXIV. SESAMEÆ *: ordo CXXXV. CYRTANDRACEÆ *: ordo CXXXVI. HYDROPHYLLACEÆ *: ordo CXXXVII. POLEMONIACEÆ *: ordo CXXXVII. icCONVOLVULACEÆ *: ordo CXXXVIII. ERICYBEÆ *: ordo CXXXIX. BORRAGINEÆ ic(Page 466); art X (Page 1) *: ordo CXL. HYDROLEACEÆ *: ordo CXLII. SCROPHULARIACEÆ (Page 186) *: ordo CXLII(I). icSOLANACEÆ art XIII (1) (Pages 1 – 692) ''out of sequence'' *: ordo CXLIV. OROBRANCHACEÆ art XI (Page 1) *: ordo CXLV. ACANTHACEÆ *: ordo CXLVI. PHRYMACEÆ *: ordo CXLVII VERBENACEÆ *: ordo CXLVIII MYOPORACEÆ (Page 701) *: ordo CXLIX SELAGINACEÆ art XII (Page 1) *: ordo CL. LABIATÆ *: ordo CLI. STILBACEÆ *: ordo CLII. GLOBULARIACEÆ *: ordo CLIII. BRUNONIACEÆ *: ordo CLIV. PLUMBAGINEÆ (Page 617) *: ordo CLV. PLANTAGINACEÆ art XIII (Page 693)

Subclassis IV. MONOCHLAMYDEÆ arts XIII(2) – XVI

*: ordo CLVI. PHYTOLACCACEÆ (Page 2) *: ordo CLVII. SALSOLACEÆ *: ordo CLVIII. BASELLACEÆ *: ordo CLIX. AMARANTACEÆ ic*: ordo CLX. NYCTAGINACEÆ (Page 425) *: ordo CLXI. POLYGONACEÆ art XIV (Pages 1 – 186) *: ordo CLXII. LAURACEÆ art XIV (Page 186); art XV(1) (Pages 1 – 260) ''out of sequence'' *: ordo CLXIII. MYRISTICACEÆ (Page 187) *: ordo CLXIV. PROTEACEÆ (Page 209) *: ordo CLXV. PENÆACEÆ *: ordo CLXVI. GEISSOLOMACEÆ (Page 491) *: ordo CLXVII. THYMELÆACEÆ *: ordo CLXVIII. ELÆAGNACEÆ *: ordo CLXIX. GRUBBIACEÆ *: ordo CLXX. SANTALACEÆ (Page 619) *: ordo CLXXI. HERNANDIACEÆ art XV(1) (Page 1) *: ordo CLXXII. BEGONIACEÆ *: ordo CLXXIII. DATISCACEÆ *: ordo CLXXIV. PAPAYACEÆ *: ordo CLXXV. ARISTOLOCHIACEÆ *: ordo CLXXVbis. NEPENTHACEÆ *: ordo CLXXVI. STACKHOUSIACEÆ (Page 419) *: ic*: ordo CLXXVIII. EUPHORBIACEÆ art XV(2) (Page 1) *: ordo CLXXIX. DAPHNIPHYLLACEÆ art XVI(1) (Page 1) *: ordo CLXXX. BUXACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXbis. BATIDACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXI. EMPETRACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXII. CANNABINEÆ *: ordo CLXXXIII. ULMACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXIIIbis. MORACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXIV. ARTOCARPEÆ *: ordo CLXXXV. URTICACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXVI. PIPERACEÆ *: ic*: ordo CLXXXVIII. CHLORANTHACEÆ *: ordo CLXXXIX. GARRYACEÆ (Page 486) *: ordo CXC. CUPULIFERÆ art XVI(2) (Page 1) *: ordo CXCI. CORYLACEÆ (Page 124) *: ordo CXCII. JUGLANDEÆ (Page 134) *: ordo CXCIII. MYRICACEÆ (Page 147) *: ordo CXCIV. PLATANACEÆ *: ordo CXCV. BETULACEÆ (Page 161) *: ordo CXCVI. SALICINEÆ (Page 190) *: ordo CXCVII CASUARINEÆ (Page 332)

Other

Somewhat inconsistently the ''Prodromus'' also treats: *GYMNOSPERMÆ art XVI(2) (Page 345) *: ordo CXCVIII. GNETACEÆ (Page 347) *: ordo CXCIX. CONIFERÆ (Page 361) *: ordo CC. CYCADACEÆ (Pages 522 – 547) * ''incertæ sedis'' *: ordo (dubiæ affin.) LENNOACEÆ *: ordo (affin. dubiæ) PODOSTEMACEÆ *: ordo num.? CYTINACEÆ *: ordo incertae sedis BALANOPHORACEÆ (Overall Index Part XVII Page 323)

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