The Melchior system, "a reference in all taxonomic courses", is a classification system detailing the taxonomic system of the Angiospermae according to A. Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien (1964), I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. II. Band: Angiospermen. 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.
Angiospermae
classis Monocotyledoneae
ordo Helobiae subordo Alismatineae Alismataceae Butomaceae subordo Hydrocharitineae Hydrocharitaceae subordo Scheuchzeriineae Scheuchzeriaceae subordo Potamogetonineae Aponogetonaceae Juncaginaceae Potamogetonaceae Najadaceae Zannichelliaceae
ordo Triuridales Triuridaceae
ordo Liliiflorae subordo Liliineae Liliaceae Xanthorrhoeaceae Stemonaceae Agavaceae Haemodoraceae Cyanastraceae Amaryllidaceae Hypoxidaceae Velloziaceae Taccaceae Dioscoreaceae subordo Pontederiineae Pontederiaceae subordo Iridineae Iridaceae Geosiridaceae subordo Burmanniineae Burmanniaceae Corsiaceae subordo Philydrineae Philydraceae
ordo Juncales Juncaceae Thurniaceae
ordo Bromeliales Bromeliaceae
ordo Commelinales subordo Commelinineae Commelinaceae Xyridaceae Mayacaceae Rapateaceae subordo Eriocaulineae Eriocaulaceae subordo Restionineae Restionaceae Centrolepidaceae subordo Flagellariineae Flagellariaceae
ordo Graminales Gramineae or Poaceae
ordo Principes Palmae or Arecaceae
ordo Synanthae Cyclanthaceae
ordo Spathiflorae Araceae Lemnaceae
ordo Pandanales Pandanaceae Sparganiaceae Typhaceae
ordo Cyperales Cyperaceae
ordo Scitamineae Musaceae Zingiberaceae Cannaceae Marantaceae Lowiaceae
ordo Microspermae Orchidaceae
classis Dicotyledoneae
subclassis Archychlamydeae
ordo Casuarinales Casuarinaceae
ordo Juglandales Myricaceae Juglandaceae
ordo Balanopales Balanopaceae
ordo Leitneriales Leitneriaceae Didymelaceae
ordo Salicales Salicaceae
ordo Fagales Betulaceae Fagaceae
ordo Urticales Rhoipteleaceae Ulmaceae Moraceae Urticaceae Eucommiaceae
ordo Proteales Proteaceae
ordo Santalales subordo Santalineae Olacaceae Dipentodontaceae Opiliaceae Grubbiaceae Santalaceae Misodendraceae subordo Loranthineae Loranthaceae
ordo Balanophorales Balanophoraceae
ordo Medusandrales Medusandraceae
ordo Polygonales Polygonaceae
ordo Centrospermae subordo Phytolaccineae Phytolaccaceae Gyrostemonaceae Achatocarpaceae Nyctaginaceae Molluginaceae Aizoaceae subordo Portulacineae Portulacaceae Basellaceae subordo Caryophyllineae Caryophyllaceae subordo Chenopodiineae Dysphaniaceae Chenopodiaceae Amaranthaceae incertae sedis Didiereaceae
ordo Cactales Cactaceae
ordo Magnoliales Magnoliaceae Degeneriaceae Himantandraceae Winteraceae Annonaceae Eupomatiaceae Myristicaceae Canellaceae Schisandraceae Illiciaceae Austrobaileyaceae Trimeniaceae Amborellaceae Monimiaceae Calycanthaceae Gomortegaceae Lauraceae Hernandiaceae Tetracentraceae Trochodendraceae Eupteleaceae Cercidiphyllaceae
ordo Ranunculales subordo Ranunculineae Ranunculaceae Berberidaceae Sargentodoxaceae Lardizabalaceae Menispermaceae subordo Nymphaeineae Nymphaeaceae Ceratophyllaceae
ordo Piperales Saururaceae Piperaceae Chloranthaceae Lactoridaceae
ordo Aristolochiales Aristolochiaceae Rafflesiaceae Hydnoraceae
ordo Guttiferales subordo Dilleniineae Dilleniaceae Paeoniaceae Crossosomataceae Medusagynaceae Actinidiaceae Eucryphiaceae subordo Ochnineae Ochnaceae Dioncophyllaceae Strasburgeriaceae Dipterocarpaceae subordo Theineae Theaceae Caryocaraceae Marcgraviaceae Quiinaceae Guttiferae or Clusiaceae subordo Ancistrocladineae Ancistrocladaceae
ordo Sarraceniales Sarraceniaceae Nepenthaceae Droseraceae
ordo Papaverales subordo Papaverineae Papaveraceae subordo Capparineae Capparaceae Cruciferae or Brassicaceae Tovariaceae subordo Resedineae Resedaceae subordo Moringineae Moringaceae
ordo Batales Bataceae
ordo Rosales subordo Hamamelidineae Platanaceae Hamamelidaceae Myrothamnaceae subordo Saxifragineae Crassulaceae Cephalotaceae Saxifragaceae Brunelliaceae Cunoniaceae Davidsoniaceae Pittosporaceae Byblidaceae Roridulaceae Bruniaceae subordo Rosineae Rosaceae Neuradaceae Chrysobalanaceae subordo Leguminosineae Connaraceae Leguminosae or Fabaceae Krameriaceae
ordo Hydrostachyales Hydrostachyaceae
ordo Podostemales Podostemaceae
ordo Geraniales subordo Limnanthineae Limnanthaceae subordo Geraniineae Oxalidaceae Geraniaceae Tropaeolaceae Zygophyllaceae Linaceae Erythroxylaceae subordo Euphorbiineae Euphorbiaceae Daphniphyllaceae
ordo Rutales subordo Rutineae Rutaceae Cneoraceae Simaroubaceae Picrodendraceae Burseraceae Meliaceae subordo Malpighiineae Malpighiaceae Trigoniaceae Vochysiaceae subordo Polygalineae Tremandraceae Polygalaceae
ordo Sapindales subordo Coriariineae Coriariaceae subordo Anacardiineae Anacardiaceae subordo Sapindineae Aceraceae Bretschneideraceae Sapindaceae Hippocastanaceae Sabiaceae Melianthaceae Aextoxicaceae subordo Balsamineae Balsaminaceae
ordo Julianiales Julianiaceae
ordo Celastrales subordo Celastrineae Cyrillaceae Pentaphylacaceae Aquifoliaceae Corynocarpaceae Pandaceae Celastraceae Staphyleaceae Hippocrateaceae Stackhousiaceae Salvadoraceae subordo Buxineae Buxaceae subordo Icacinineae Icacinaceae Cardiopteridaceae
ordo Rhamnales Rhamnaceae Vitaceae Leeaceae
ordo Malvales subordo Elaeocarpineae Elaeocarpaceae subordo Sarcolaenineae Sarcolaenaceae subordo Malvineae Tiliaceae Malvaceae Bombacaceae Sterculiaceae 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.Domke, W. (1934).Untersuchungen über die geographische und systematische Gliederung der Thymelaeaceae. Biblioth. Bot. 111:1-151. 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 Flacourtiaceae Peridiscaceae Violaceae Stachyuraceae Scyphostegiaceae Turneraceae Malesherbiaceae Passifloraceae Achariaceae subordo Cistineae Cistaceae Bixaceae Sphaerosepalaceae Cochlospermaceae subordo Tamaricineae Tamaricaceae Frankeniaceae Elatinaceae subordo Caricineae Caricaceae subordo Loasineae Loasaceae subordo Begoniineae Datiscaceae Begoniaceae
ordo Cucurbitales Cucurbitaceae
ordo Myrtiflorae subordo Myrtineae Lythraceae Trapaceae Crypteroniaceae Myrtaceae Dialypetalanthaceae Sonneratiaceae Punicaceae Lecythidaceae Melastomataceae Rhizophoraceae Combretaceae Onagraceae Oliniaceae Haloragaceae Theligonaceae subordo Hippuridineae Hippuridaceae subordo Cynomoriineae Cynomoriaceae
ordo Umbelliflorae Alangiaceae Nyssaceae Davidiaceae Cornaceae Garryaceae Araliaceae Umbelliferae or Apiaceae
subclassis Sympetalae
ordo Diapensiales Diapensiaceae
ordo Ericales Clethraceae Pyrolaceae Ericaceae Empetraceae Epacridaceae
ordo Primulales Theophrastaceae Myrsinaceae Primulaceae
ordo Plumbaginales Plumbaginaceae
ordo Ebenales subordo Sapotineae Sapotaceae Sarcospermataceae subordo Ebenineae Ebenaceae Styracaceae Lissocarpaceae Symplocaceae Hoplestigmataceae
ordo Oleales Oleaceae
ordo Gentianales Loganiaceae Desfontainiaceae Gentianaceae Menyanthaceae Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Rubiaceae
ordo Tubiflorae subordo Convolvulineae Polemoniaceae Fouquieriaceae Convolvulaceae subordo Boraginineae Hydrophyllaceae Boraginaceae Lennoaceae subordo Verbenineae Verbenaceae Callitrichaceae Labiatae or Lamiaceae subordo Solanineae Nolanaceae Solanaceae Duckeodendraceae Buddlejaceae Scrophulariaceae Globulariaceae Bignoniaceae Henriqueziaceae Acanthaceae Pedaliaceae Martyniaceae Gesneriaceae Columelliaceae Orobanchaceae Lentibulariaceae subordo Myoporineae Myoporaceae subordo Phrymineae Phrymaceae
ordo Plantaginales Plantaginaceae
ordo Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Adoxaceae Valerianaceae Dipsacaceae
ordo Campanulales Campanulaceae Sphenocleaceae Pentaphragmataceae Goodeniaceae Brunoniaceae Stylidiaceae Calyceraceae Compositae or Asteraceae
References
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I. Band: Allgemeiner Teil. Bakterien bis Gymnospermen. II. Band: Angiospermen.