Abstract
The three major systems for plant scientific names are: (1) New Engler ,(2) Cronquist, and (3) APG-II (Angiosperm Phylogeny Group). Although APG-II is the academic standard, many research articles often do not follow it. The same can be said to many personally maintained websites for images and encyclopedia of plants. To standardize the naming issue, Metabolomics.JP (http://metabolomics.jp/) provides a portal site for the classification as well as for 7,000 flavonoid structures, 200 crude drug, and external links for images and documents.
Important References for Scientific Names
"The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants" 9-volume Set (Series Ed.: Kubitzki, Klaus) Springer Verlag
"An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II" THE ANGIOSPERM PHYLOGENY GROUP Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2003, 141, 399-436.
