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Goldberg system

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A system of plant taxonomy, the Goldberg system was published in:

  • Goldberg (1986). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 58: 1–314.
  • Goldberg (1989). "Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Monocotyledons". Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. 71: 1–73.

Aaron Goldberg treats the Angiosperms, in which he recognizes 334 families and 59 orders of dicotyledons and accept 57 families and 18 orders of monocotyledons: