Plant taxonomy
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Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, describes, classifies and names plants. It thus is one of the main branches of taxonomy. Example for the Liliales order :
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- Order: Liliales
- Families : ... ...
There is no sharp boundary between "plant taxonomy" and "plant systematics", although in practice "plant systematics" will be involved with higher level relationships between plants (see history of plant systematics) rather than with the actual handling of plants (see herbarium). Plant taxonomy is wellknown for being turbulent, and traditionally there is no really close agreement on circumscription and placement of taxa. See the list of systems of plant taxonomy.
