Melchior system
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, also known as "modified or updated" Engler system.
The collaborators in orders 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;subordo Hydrocharitineae
;subordo Scheuchzeriineae
;subordo Potamogetonineae
ordo [Triuridales]
ordo [Liliiflorae]
;subordo Liliineae- Liliaceae
- Xanthorrhoeaceae
- Stemonaceae
- Agavaceae
- Haemodoraceae
- Cyanastraceae
- Amaryllidaceae
- Hypoxidaceae
- Velloziaceae
- Taccaceae
- Dioscoreaceae
;subordo Iridineae
;subordo Burmanniineae
;subordo Philydrineae
ordo [Juncales]
ordo [Bromeliales]
ordo [Commelinales]
;subordo Commelinineae;subordo Eriocaulineae
;subordo Restionineae
;subordo Flagellariineae
ordo [Graminales]
ordo Principes">Principes (botany)">Principes
ordo [Synanthae]
ordo [Spathiflorae]
ordo [Pandanales]
ordo [Cyperales]
ordo [Scitamineae]
ordo [Microspermae]
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 Loranthineae
- Loranthaceae
ordo [Balanophorales]
- Balanophoraceae
ordo [Medusandrales]
- Medusandraceae
ordo [Polygonales]
- Polygonaceae
ordo [Centrospermae]
;subordo Portulacineae
;subordo Caryophyllineae
;subordo Chenopodiineae
;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 Nymphaeineae
- Nymphaeaceae
- Ceratophyllaceae
ordo [Piperales]
- Saururaceae
- Piperaceae
- Chloranthaceae
- Lactoridaceae
ordo [Aristolochiales]
- Aristolochiaceae
- Rafflesiaceae
- Hydnoraceae
ordo [Guttiferales]
;subordo Ochnineae
;subordo Theineae
;subordo Ancistrocladineae
;subordo Papaverineae
;subordo Capparineae
; subordo Resedineae
;subordo Moringineae
- Moringaceae
ordo [Batales]
- Bataceae
ordo [Rosales]
;subordo Saxifragineae
- Crassulaceae
- Cephalotaceae
- Saxifragaceae
- Brunelliaceae
- Cunoniaceae
- Davidsoniaceae
- Pittosporaceae
- Byblidaceae
- Roridulaceae
- Bruniaceae
;subordo Leguminosineae
- Connaraceae
- Leguminosae or Fabaceae
- Krameriaceae
ordo [Hydrostachyales]
- Hydrostachyaceae
ordo [Podostemales]
- Podostemaceae
ordo [Geraniales]
;subordo Geraniineae
- Oxalidaceae
- Geraniaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
- Zygophyllaceae
- Linaceae
- Erythroxylaceae
- subordo Euphorbiineae
- Euphorbiaceae
- Daphniphyllaceae
ordo [Rutales]
;subordo Malpighiineae
;subordo Polygalineae
;subordo Coriariineae
;subordo Anacardiineae
;subordo Sapindineae
;subordo Balsamineae
;subordo Celastrineae
- Cyrillaceae
- Pentaphylacaceae
- Aquifoliaceae
- Corynocarpaceae
- Pandaceae
- Celastraceae
- Staphyleaceae
- Hippocrateaceae
- Stackhousiaceae
- Salvadoraceae
;subordo Icacinineae
;subordo Elaeocarpineae
;subordo Sarcolaenineae
;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 A.DC.
- *Tribe Penaeeae
- **Brachysiphon A.Juss.
- **Penaea L.
- **Saltera Bullock
- Family Dichapetalaceae
- *Dichapetalum Thouars
- *Gonypetalum Ule
- *Stephanopodium Poepp.
- *Tapura Aubl.
- Family Thymelaeaceae
- *Subfamily Gonystyloideae
- **Aetoxilon
- **Amyxa
- **Gonystylus
- *Subfamily Aquilarioideae
- **Tribe Microsemmateae
- **Tribe Solmsieae
- **Tribe Octolepideae
- **Tribe Aquilarieae
- *Subfamily Gilgiodaphnoideae
- **Monotypic. It consists of genus Gilgiodaphne, and species Gilgiodaphne paradoxa, syn. of Synandrodaphne paradoxa, from West Africa.
- *Subfamily Thymelaeoideae
- **Tribe Dicranolepideae
- **Tribe Phalerieae
- **Tribe Daphneae
- **Tribe Thymelaeeae
- Family Elaeagnaceae
- *Elaeagnus
- *Hippophae
- *''Shepherdia''
ordo [Violales]
- Flacourtiaceae
- Peridiscaceae
- Violaceae
- Stachyuraceae
- Scyphostegiaceae
- Turneraceae
- Malesherbiaceae
- Passifloraceae
- Achariaceae
;subordo Tamaricineae
;subordo Caricineae
;subordo Loasineae
;subordo Begoniineae
;subordo Myrtineae
- Lythraceae
- Trapaceae
- Crypteroniaceae
- Myrtaceae
- Dialypetalanthaceae
- Sonneratiaceae
- Punicaceae
- Lecythidaceae
- Melastomataceae
- Rhizophoraceae
- Combretaceae
- Onagraceae
- Oliniaceae
- Haloragaceae
- Theligonaceae
;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 Ebenineae
- Ebenaceae
- Styracaceae
- Lissocarpaceae
- Symplocaceae
- Hoplestigmataceae
ordo [Oleales]
- Oleaceae
ordo [Gentianales]
- Loganiaceae
- Desfontainiaceae
- Gentianaceae
- Menyanthaceae
- Apocynaceae
- Asclepiadaceae
- Rubiaceae
ordo [Tubiflorae]
;subordo Boraginineae
;subordo Verbenineae
;subordo Solanineae
- Nolanaceae
- Solanaceae
- Duckeodendraceae
- Buddlejaceae
- Scrophulariaceae
- Globulariaceae
- Bignoniaceae
- Henriqueziaceae
- Acanthaceae
- Pedaliaceae
- Martyniaceae
- Gesneriaceae
- Columelliaceae
- Orobanchaceae
- Lentibulariaceae
;subordo Phrymineae