The Melchior system, "a reference in all taxonomic courses",^[1] is a classification system detailing the taxonomic system of the Angiospermae according to A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1964),^[2] also known as "modified or updated" Engler system.

The collaborators in orders (and some families) were the following:

Hans Melchior in Casuarinales, Juglandales, Balanopales, Leitneriales, Salicales, Fagales, Urticales, Didiereaceae, Piperales, Aristolochiales, Guttiferales, Sarraceniales, Papaverales, Hydrostachyales, Podostemonales, Julianiales, Violales, Cucurbitales, Myrtiflorae, Umbelliflorae, Primulales, Tubiflorae, Plantaginales, Liliiflorae p. p., Spathiflorae and Microspermae.
G. Buchheim in Proteales, Cactales, Magnoliales and Ranunculales.
W. Schultze-Motel in Santalales, Balanophorales, Medusandrales, Rhamnales, Malvales, Diapensiales, Ericales and Cyperales.
Th. Eckardt in Polygonales, Centrospermae, Batales, Plumbaginales, Helobiae, Triuridales and Pandanales.
G. K. Schultze-Menz in Rosales.
H. Scholz in Geraniales, Rutales, Sapindales and Celastrales.
G. Wagenitz in Thymelaeales, Ebenales, Oleales, Gentianales, Dipsacales and Campanulales.
U. Hamann in Cyanastraceae, Pontederiaceae, Philydraceae, Juncales, Bromeliales and Commelinales.
E. Potztal in Graminales, Principes, Synanthae and Scitamineae.

subdivisio Angiospermae

classis Monocotyledoneae

ordo Helobiae

subordo Alismatineae

subordo Hydrocharitineae

Hydrocharitaceae

subordo Scheuchzeriineae

Scheuchzeriaceae

subordo Potamogetonineae

ordo Triuridales

Triuridaceae

ordo Liliiflorae

subordo Liliineae

subordo Pontederiineae

Pontederiaceae

subordo Iridineae

subordo Burmanniineae

subordo Philydrineae

Philydraceae

ordo Juncales

ordo Bromeliales

Bromeliaceae

ordo Commelinales

subordo Commelinineae

subordo Eriocaulineae

Eriocaulaceae

subordo Restionineae

subordo Flagellariineae

Flagellariaceae

ordo Spathiflorae

ordo Pandanales

ordo Cyperales

Cyperaceae

ordo Scitamineae

ordo Microspermae

Orchidaceae

classis Dicotyledoneae

subclassis Archychlamydeae

ordo Casuarinales

Casuarinaceae

ordo Juglandales

ordo Balanopales

Balanopaceae

ordo Leitneriales

ordo Salicales

Salicaceae

ordo Fagales

ordo Urticales

ordo Proteales

Proteaceae

ordo Santalales

subordo Santalineae

subordo Loranthineae

Loranthaceae

ordo Balanophorales

Balanophoraceae

ordo Medusandrales

Medusandraceae

ordo Polygonales

Polygonaceae

ordo Centrospermae

subordo Phytolaccineae

subordo Portulacineae

subordo Caryophyllineae

Caryophyllaceae

subordo Chenopodiineae

incertae sedis

Didiereaceae

ordo Cactales

Cactaceae

ordo Magnoliales

ordo Ranunculales

subordo Ranunculineae

subordo Nymphaeineae

ordo Piperales

ordo Aristolochiales

ordo Guttiferales

subordo Dilleniineae

subordo Ochnineae

subordo Theineae

subordo Ancistrocladineae

Ancistrocladaceae

ordo Sarraceniales

ordo Papaverales

subordo Papaverineae

Papaveraceae

subordo Capparineae

subordo Resedineae

Resedaceae

subordo Moringineae

Moringaceae

ordo Batales

Bataceae

ordo Rosales

subordo Hamamelidineae

subordo Saxifragineae

subordo Rosineae

subordo Leguminosineae

ordo Hydrostachyales

Hydrostachyaceae

ordo Podostemales

Podostemaceae

ordo Geraniales

subordo Limnanthineae

Limnanthaceae

subordo Geraniineae

ordo Rutales

subordo Rutineae

subordo Malpighiineae

subordo Polygalineae

ordo Sapindales

subordo Coriariineae

Coriariaceae

subordo Anacardiineae

Anacardiaceae

subordo Sapindineae

subordo Balsamineae

Balsaminaceae

ordo Julianiales

Julianiaceae

ordo Celastrales

subordo Celastrineae

subordo Buxineae

Buxaceae

subordo Icacinineae

ordo Rhamnales

ordo Malvales

subordo Elaeocarpineae

Elaeocarpaceae

subordo Sarcolaenineae

Sarcolaenaceae

subordo Malvineae

subordo Scytopetalineae

Scytopetalaceae

ordo Thymelaeales

Family Geissolomataceae
- Monotypic. It consists of genus Geissoloma Lindl. ex Kunth, and species Geissoloma marginatum, from Cape, South Africa.
Family Penaeaceae from South Africa.
- Tribe Endonemeae
  - Endonema A.Juss.
  - Glischrocolla (Endl.) A.DC.
- Tribe Penaeeae
  - Brachysiphon A.Juss.
  - Penaea L.
  - Saltera Bullock (syn.:Sarcocolla Kunth)

Note: Sonderothamnus R.Dahlgren, 1968 is posterior to the publication of this work, and Stylapterus A.Juss. was included by G. Bentham & J.D. Hooker in Penaea.

Family Dichapetalaceae
- Dichapetalum Thouars
- Gonypetalum Ule (currently syn. of Tapura)
- Stephanopodium Poepp.
- Tapura Aubl.
Family Thymelaeaceae

Note: the classification of Thymelaeaceae was based on Domke 1934.^[3]

- Subfamily Gonystyloideae (Syn.:Gonystylaceae)
  - Aetoxilon
  - Amyxa
  - Gonystylus
- Subfamily Aquilarioideae
  - Tribe Microsemmateae
  - Tribe Solmsieae
  - Tribe Octolepideae
  - Tribe Aquilarieae
- Subfamily Gilgiodaphnoideae (or Synandrodaphnoideae)
  - Monotypic. It consists of genus Gilgiodaphne (currently synonym of Synandrodaphne Gilg), and species Gilgiodaphne paradoxa, syn. of Synandrodaphne paradoxa, from West Africa.
- Subfamily Thymelaeoideae
  - Tribe Dicranolepideae
  - Tribe Phalerieae
  - Tribe Daphneae
  - Tribe Thymelaeeae (Syn.:Gnidieae)
Family Elaeagnaceae
- Elaeagnus
- Hippophae
- Shepherdia

ordo Violales

subordo Flacourtiineae

subordo Cistineae

subordo Tamaricineae

subordo Caricineae

Caricaceae

subordo Loasineae

Loasaceae

subordo Begoniineae

ordo Cucurbitales

Cucurbitaceae

ordo Myrtiflorae

subordo Myrtineae

subordo Hippuridineae

Hippuridaceae

subordo Cynomoriineae

Cynomoriaceae

ordo Umbelliflorae

subclassis Sympetalae

ordo Diapensiales

Diapensiaceae

ordo Ericales

ordo Primulales

ordo Plumbaginales

Plumbaginaceae

ordo Ebenales

subordo Sapotineae

Sapotaceae
Sarcospermataceae

subordo Ebenineae

ordo Oleales

Oleaceae

ordo Gentianales

ordo Tubiflorae

subordo Convolvulineae

subordo Boraginineae

subordo Verbenineae

subordo Solanineae

subordo Myoporineae

Myoporaceae

subordo Phrymineae

Phrymaceae

ordo Plantaginales

Plantaginaceae

ordo Dipsacales

ordo Campanulales

References

Bibliography

Melchior, Hans; Werdermann, Erich, eds. (1964) [1892]. A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (12th ed.). Stuttgart: Schweizerbart.
- I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. ISBN 978-3-443-39015-0
- II. Band: Angiospermen. ISBN 978-3-443-39016-7

List of systems of plant taxonomy

This is a selected list of the more influential systems. There are many other systems, for instance a review of earlier systems, published by Lindley in his 1853 edition, and Dahlgren (1982). Examples include the works of Scopoli, Ventenat, Batsch and Grisebach.

Pre-Linnaean

John Ray system (1686–1704)	A discourse on the seeds of plants Methodus plantarum nova De Variis Plantarum Methodis Dissertatio Brevis Methodus plantarum emendata et aucta

Pre-Darwinian

Linnaean system (1735–51)	Systema Naturae Species Plantarum Genera Plantarum Philosophia Botanica
Adanson system (1763)	Familles naturelles des plantes
De Jussieu system (1789)	Genera Plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam
De Candolle system (1819–24)	Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, ou exposition des principes de la classification naturelle et de l'art de décrire et d'etudier les végétaux Prodromus systemati naturalis regni vegetabilis sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta
Berchtold and Presl system (1820–1823)	O Prirozenosti Rostlin
Agardh system (1825)	Classes Plantarum
Gray system (1821)	The Natural Arrangement of British Plants
Perleb system (1826)	Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs
Dumortier system (1829)	Analyse des familles des plantes
Lindley system (1830–45)	An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany The Vegetable Kingdom
Don system (1834)	General History of Dichlamydious Plants.
Bentham & Hooker system (1862–83)	Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita.
Baillon system (1867–94)	Histoire des plantes

Post-Darwinian (Phyletic)

Nineteenth century

Eichler system (1875–1886)	Blüthendiagramme: construirt und erläutert Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde
Engler system (1886–1924)	Führer durch den Königlich botanischen Garten der Universität zu Breslau Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien Das Pflanzenreich
van Tieghem system (1891)	Traité de botanique

Twentieth century

Dalla Torre & Harms system (1900–07)	Genera Siphonogamarum, ad systema Englerianum conscripta
Warming system (1912)	Haandbog i den systematiske botanik
Hallier system (1912)	L'origine et le système phylétique des angiospermes
Bessey system (1915)	The phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants
Wettstein system (1901–35)	Handbuch der systematischen Botanik
Lotsy system (1907–11)	Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte, gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden. Ein Lehrbuch der Pflanzensystematik.
Hutchinson system (1926–73)	The families of flowering plants, arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny
Calestani system (1933)	Le origini e la classificazione delle Angiosperme
Kimura system (1956)	Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones
Emberger system (1960)	Traité de Botanique systématique
Melchior system (1964)	Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien
Takhtajan system (1966–97)	A system and phylogeny of the flowering plants Flowering plants: origin and dispersal Diversity and classification of flowering plants
Cronquist system (1968–81)	The evolution and classification of flowering plants An integrated system of classification of flowering plants
Goldberg system (1986–89	Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons
Dahlgren system (1975–85)	The families of the monocotyledons: structure, evolution, and taxonomy
Thorne system (1968–2000)	An updated phylogenetic classification of the flowering plants
Kubitzki system (1990–)	The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants
Reveal system (1997)	Reveal System of Angiosperm Classification

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group System (1998–)

See also: Plantae at Wikispecies •