Engler system [SEP] named after
Engler system
One of the prime systems of plant taxonomy, the Engler system was devised by Adolf Engler (1844–1930), and is featured in two major taxonomic texts he authored or coauthored. His influence is reflected in the use of the terms "Engler School" and "Engler Era". Engler's starting point was that of Eichler who had been the first to use phylogenetic principles, although Engler himself did not think that his was.
Engler's works.
His modified Eichler schema first appeared in 1886 in
shrubs, which have fleshy stems and underground storage or perennating organs.
Taxonomy.
Taxonomy History.
Earlier names for this order include the Coronarieae of the Bentham & Hooker system. The Wettstein system, last revised in 1935, used names similar to those in the Engler system: the order was named Liliiflorae placed in the class Monocotyledones of the subdivision Angiospermae. In circumscription the order was fairly similar to that of Cronquist.
In the Engler system (1964 update) a similar order was named Liliiflorae, placed in the