An early system of plant taxonomy developed by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748 – 1836), the ''de Jussieu System (1789), is of great importance as a starting point of botanical nomenclature at the rank of

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, together with

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's ''Familles naturelles des plantes'' (1763). While Adanson introduced the concept of families, Jussieu arranged them hierarchically into Divisions, Classes and Orders (equivalent to families), in his seminal ''Genera plantarum''. After the publication of ''Genera plantarum'' Jussieu published many memoirs further developing the description and

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of families. His final sysyem was published posthumously in 1837, a year after his death.

Organization

* Index: Structured p. lxiii, Alphabetical p. 454 * Overview: Page lxii - Classes and orders The main groups recognized are: * I. Acotyledones * II.

Monocotyledones Monocotyledons (), 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 t ...

* III.

Dicotyledones 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 ...

Further subdivided by the position of the stamens and calyx in reference to the ovary ** Hypogyna (Ovary above attachment of floral parts, ie below ovary) ** Perigyna (Ovary surrounded by attachment of floral parts, surrounding it) ** Epigyna (0vary below attachment of floral parts, ie above ovary)

Acotyledones

*I. Acotyledones (page 1) *::Classes: 1, with as families: ''Fungi'', ''Algae'', ''Hepaticae'', ''Musci'', ''Filices'', ''Najades''

Monocotyledones

*II. Monocotyledones (page 21) *::Classes: 2-4 :::: 2: Stamina hypogyna (page 23) ::::: 4 Orders ::::: 4. Ordo I Aroideae (pages 23–25) ... ::::: 7. Ordo IV

Gramineae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...

(pages 28–35) :::: 3: Stamina perigyna (page 35) ::::: 8 Orders ::::: 11. Ordo I

Palmae The Arecaceae is a family of perennial flowering plants in the monocot order Arecales. Their growth form can be climbers, shrubs, tree-like and stemless plants, all commonly known as palms. Those having a tree-like form are called palm tree ...

(page 37-40) ::::: 12. Ordo II Asparagi (pages 40-43) ::::: 13. Ordo III Junci (pages 43 - 48) ::::: 14. Ordo IV Lilia (pages 48-9) ::::: 15. Ordo V Bromeliae (pages 49-51) ::::: 16. Ordo VI Asphodeli (pages 51-53) ::::: 17. Ordo VII

Narcissi ''Narcissus'' is a genus of predominantly spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. Various common names including daffodil,The word "daffodil" is also applied to related genera such as '' Sternbergia'', ''I ...

(pages 54-56) ::::: 18. Ordo VIII Irides (pages 57-60) :::: 4: Stamina epigyna (page 60) ::::: 3 Orders ::::: 19. Ordo I

Musae Musaceae is a family of flowering plants composed of three genera with about 91 known species, placed in the order Zingiberales. The family is native to the tropics of Africa and Asia. The plants have a large herbaceous growth habit with leaves w ...

(pages 61-62) ::::: 21. Ordo III Hydrocharides (pages 67-69)

Dicotyledones

*III. Dicotyledones (page 70) *:A. Monoclinae *:''a) Apetalae'' (Absent petals) *::Classes: 5-7 :::: 5: Stamina epigyna (page 72) :::: 6: Stamina perigyna (page 72) :::: 7: Stamina hypogyna (page 86) *:''b) Monopetalae'' (Fused petals) *::Classes: 8-11 :::: 8: Corolla hypogyna (page 93) 15 orders ::::: 1. Lysimachiae ::::: ... ::::: 15.

Sapotae 240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...

:::: 9: Corolla perigyna (page 153) :::: 10: Corolla epigyna: antheris connatis (page 166) :::: 11: Corolla epigyna: antheris distinctis (page 193) *:''c) Polypetalae'' (Free and separate petals) *::Classes: 12-14 :::: 12: Stamina epigyna (page 216) :::: 13: Stamina hypogyna (page 228) ::::: 22 Orders ::::: ... ::::: 11. Ordo XX

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(page 294) ::::: ... :::: 14: Stamina perigyna (page 305) 13 orders *:B. Diclinae (page 383) *::Classes: 15

References

Bibliography

* * * {{List of systems of plant taxonomy system, de Jussieu