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noun Taxonomic system
- (taxonomy) a coherent system of taxonomic judgements on circumscription and placement of the considered taxon, taxa. A taxonomic system will be restricted to a large but limited part of the living world.
::Current systems for the taxonomy of flowering plants include those by Takhtajan, Cronquist, Thorne and APG. This last has published APG II in 2003 which has gained wide support.
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