A system of plant taxonomy, the Takhtajan system of plant classification was published by Armen Takhtajan, in several versions from the 1950s onwards. It is usually compared to the Cronquist system. It admits paraphyletic groups.
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The first classification was published in Russian in 1954, and came to the attention of the rest of the world after publication of an English translation in 1958 as Origin of Angiospermous Plants. Further versions appeared in 1959 (Die Evolution der Angiospermen) and 1966 (Sistema i filogeniia tsvetkovykh rastenii). The latter popularised Takhtajan's system when it appeared in English in 1969 (Flowering plants: Origin and dispersal). A further revision appeared in 1980.
1966 system
Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae) p. 51
Class: Magnoliatae (Dicotyledones) p. 51
Class: Liliatae (Monocotyledones) p. 461
Subclass A: Alismidae p. 461
Subclass B: Liliidae p. 473 (was nom. nov.)
Superorder Lilianae p. 473 (was nom. nov.)
Order Liliales p. 473
Family Liliaceae p. 474
Family Xanthorrhoeaceae p. 476
Family Aphyllanthaceae p. 476
Family Alliaceae p. 477
Family Agavaceae p. 478
Family Amaryllidaceae p. 480
Family Alstroemeriaceae p. 481
Family Haemodoraceae p. 482
Family Hypoxidaceae p. 483
Family Velloziaceae p. 483
Family Philesiaceae p. 484
Family Tecophilaeaceae p. 484
Family Cyanastraceae p. 485
Family Asparagaceae p. 486
Family Smilacaceae p. 487
Family Stemonaceae p. 487
Family Dioscoreaceae p. 488
Family Taccaceae p. 489
Family Phylydraceae p. 491
Family Pontederiaceae p. 490
Order Bromeliales p. 492
Order Iridales p. 494
Order Zingiberales p. 498
Order Orchidales p. 505
Superorder Juncanae p. 510
Subclass C: Commelinidae p. 461
Subclass D: Arecidae p. 525
1997 system
As published in Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants
Division Magnoliophyta (2 classes, 17 subclasses, 71 superorders, 232 orders, 589 families
Class Magnoliopsida Brongn. (1843) (Dicotyledons) 11 subclasses, 55 superorders, 175 orders, 458 families
Subclass Magnoliidae Novak ex Takht. (1967)
Subclass Nymphaeidae J.W. Walker ex Takht. (1997)
Subclass Nelumbonidae Takht. (1997)
Subclass Ranunculidae Takht. ex Reveal (1992)
Subclass Caryophyllidae Takht. (1967)
Subclass Hamamelididae Takht. (1967)
Subclass Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. (1993)
Subclass Rosidae Takht. (1967)
Subclass Cornidae Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal (1994)
Subclass Asteridae Takht. (1967)
Subclass Lamiidae Takht. ex Reveal (1993)
Class Liliopsida Batsch (1802) (Monocotyledons) 6 subclasses, 16 superorders, 57 orders, 131 families
Subclass Liliidae Takht. (1967)
Superorder Lilianae Takht. (1967) 14 orders
Order Melanthiales R. Dahlgren ex Reveal (1992)
2009 system
As published in Flowering Plants
Phylum Magnoliophyta (flowering plants) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal (1996)
Class Magnoliopsida Brongn. (1843) (Dicotyledons) p. 7
Subclass I. Magnoliidae p. 11
Superorder Nymphaeanae
Superorder Magnolianae
Superorder Lauranae
Superorder Piperanae
Superorder Rafflesianae
Subclass II. Ranunculidae p. 69
Superorder Proteanae
Superorder Ranunculanae
Subclass III. Hamamelididae p. 101
Superorder Hamamelidanae
Superorder Juglandanae
Subclass IV. Caryophyllidae p. 129
Superorder Caryophyllanae
Superorder Polygonanae
Superorder Nepenthanae
Subclass V. Dilleniidae p. 167
Superorder Dillenianae
Superorder Ericanae
Superorder Violanae