Engler system

[clarification needed] [1] His modified Eichler schema first appeared in 1886 in his Guide to Breslau Botanic Garden[2] (of which he was the director) and was expanded in his Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien in 1892.

[7][8] Finally there was the also incomplete Das Pflanzenreich (1900–1968),[9] a multi-authored work which attempted to provide a modern version of Linnaeus' Species Plantarum (1753).

[7][11] The Engler system is also reflected in his multi-volume collaborative work, begun in 1900, Das Pflanzenreich: regni vegetablilis conspectus.

Many of these referred to lower life forms such as bacteria and algae that would not necessarily be considered as plants today.

Embryophyta Siphonogama replaced the older term Phanerogamae, and the classes were further divided into groups of families, called orders.