The Phylogenetic Classification of Flowering Plants

Abstract

THE epithet, phylogenetic, in the above title might be considered superfluous, as all biologists are agreed that a taxonomic arrangement of any group of plants or animals should, so far as possible, follow evolutionary lines; after that, its convenience should be considered. Strange to say, up to the present, no arrangement of the Flowering Plants (Angiosperms), which has been generally adopted in text-books or used for floras, merits the term phylogenetic-hence the insertion of the word in the heading to this article.