The Angiosperm Phylogeny Website (or APweb) is a website that presents up-to-date research on the phylogeny and taxonomy of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s (angiosperms) in what is intended to be a user-friendly way.
The site is hosted by the
Missouri Botanical Garden
The Missouri Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. It is also known informally as Shaw's Garden for founder and philanthropy, philanthropist Henry Shaw (philanthropist), Henry Shaw. I ...
website and maintained by researchers,
Peter F. Stevens and
Hilary M. Davis.
Peter F. Stevens is a member of the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the taxonomy of flowering plants (angiosperms) that reflects new knowledge about plant relationships disc ...
(APG). The taxonomy presented is broadly based on the work of the APG, with modifications to incorporate new results.
References
External links
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Missouri Botanical Garden
Plant taxonomy
American science websites
Angiosperm taxonomy
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Online taxonomy databases
Missouri Botanical Garden
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