described plant species two large plant families first recognized still use today asteraceae brassicaceae th century john ray england wrote many important taxonomic works ref name britannica taxonomy biology url status live archive url https webarchiveorg web https wwwbritannicacom science taxonomy archive date april encyclopedia encyclopedia britannica ref arguably greatest accomplishment ''methodus plantarum nova'' published details plant species time classifications perhaps complex yet produced taxonomist based taxa many combined characters next major taxonomic works produced
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