Changing to APG II :

Theory Put Into Practice

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  • Janette Latta Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2008.39

Abstract

In the summer of 2006, the Science Division at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh made the decision to change the classification system used in their collections of pressed and preserved plants from the modified Bentham and Hooker system to that published by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). As a result of that decision the Horticulture Division also decided to change its records and plant labels to the APG system. This paper describes the effect this had on the work of staff in both the Science and Horticulture Divisions as their collections had to be reorganized and relabelled to show the new family orders.

Author Biography

Janette Latta, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Janette Latta is a Senior Horticulturist in the Outdoor Living Collections at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh where she is responsible for plant records and plant labels

References

BELL, C.D. (2004). The Tree of Life Web Project, Dipsacales. Version 31 July 2004 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Dipsacales/20743/2004.07.31

HASTON, E., RICHARDSON, J.E., STEVENS, P.F., CHASE, M.W. & HARRIS, D.J. (2007). A linear sequence of Angiosperm Phylogeny Group II families. Taxon 56(1) 7–12.

PENDRY, C. (2008). The Botanics Issue 32, Spring 2008, p. 10. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

RAE, D. (2006). Catalogue of Plants 2006. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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Published

2008-10-31

How to Cite

Latta, J. (2008). Changing to APG II :: Theory Put Into Practice. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture, (6), 133–153. https://doi.org/10.24823/Sibbaldia.2008.39

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