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An early taxonomic system, the de Candolle system was originally published in :

and followed up by the very extensive Prodromus:
(available online at [Gallica])
The system recognises the following groups of vascular plants:

List of families in the Prodromus, arranged according to this de Candolle system. Note that this system was published well before there were internationally accepted rules for botanical nomenclature. Here, a family is indicated as "ordo". Terminations for families are not what they are now. Neither of these phenomena is a problem from a nomenclatural perspective: the ICBN provides for this.

Within the dicotyledons ("classis prima DICOTYLEDONEÆ") the system recognises:

Somewhat inconsistently the Prodromus also treats:

 


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