August W. Eichler (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. August Wilhelm Eichler, also known under his Latinized name, Augustus Guilielmus Eichler (April 22, 1839 - March 2, 1887), was a German botanist who modified the classification system to better reflect the relationships between plants. He divided the plant kingdom into non-floral plants (Cryptogamae) and floral plants (Phanerogamae). The Eichler System was the first to accept the concept of evolution and therefore also the first to be considered phylogenetic. Moreover, Eichler was the first taxonomist to separate the Phanerogamae into Angiosperms and Gymnosperms and the former into Monocotyledonae and Dicotyledonae.