Thread: Malvaceae s.l.
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Old 17-05-2007, 11:49 AM posted to sci.bio.botany
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Default Malvaceae s.l.

"Stewart Robert Hinsley" schreef
There's been some turnover in plant taxonomy over the last decade or so,
based on the application of first cladistic analyses, and then on the use
of molecular data. For example the old Liliaceae is now spread over 2
orders.


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Yes, that is so, although I would tend to regard the phrase
"some turnover in plant taxonomy" as something of an understatement.

Also, cladistics by itself did not have all that much of an impact on plant
taxonomy, not at the level relevant to the general public
PvR