Cronquist
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Cronquist can refer to:
- Arthur J. CronquistArthur CronquistArthur John Cronquist was a North American botanist and a specialist on Compositae. He is considered one of the most influential botanists of the 20th century, largely due to his formulation of the Cronquist system. Two plant genera in the aster family have been named in his honor...
, a North American botanist (1919–1992). - The Cronquist systemCronquist systemThe Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in his texts An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants .Cronquist's system places flowering plants into two...
, a system attributed to Arthur J. Cronquist. Many authors use their own variation of this system, which they also refer to as the Cronquist system. Cronquist himself published An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981) and The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants (1988).