Endlicher made valuable contributions to the science of old German and classic literature, and pointed out new sources of Hungarian history, publishing
Fragmenta Theotisca Versionis antiquissimae Evangelii Matthaei (edited with
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, 1834), an edition of two poems of
Priscian (1828), and
Anonymi Belæ Regis Notarii de Gestis Hungarorum Liber (1827). His linguistic publications comprise
Analecta Grammatica (with Eichenfeld, 1836), and
Anfangsgründe der chinesischen Grammatik (Foundations of Chinese grammar; 1845). Endlicher described many new plant
genera, including the
genus Sequoia, and also its only extant species
Sequoia sempervirens (California coast redwood). Although Endlicher never offered an explanation for the name, later writers speculated that he must have been inspired by the achievements of the American
Cherokee Indian linguist
Sequoyah. John Davis credited Endlicher with naming the new species of Sierra redwood
Sequoyah gigantea in 1847, the present day
Sequoiadendron giganteum (California giant redwood), to honor Sequoyah's invention of the
Cherokee syllabary. Recent scholarship supports this hypothesis; Endlicher appears to have combined the Latin
sequi (meaning
to follow) with his admiration of Sequoyah and coined "Sequoia" because the number of seeds per cone in the newly classified genus fell in mathematical sequence with the other four genera in the suborder.
Endlicher System Endlicher's system for plant classification is laid out as follows in his
Genera Plantarum, with a hierarchy of
Regio,
Sectio,
Cohors,
Classis,
Ordo, with further subdivisions (and finally
Genus), using a sequential numbering system, as shown for some taxa; ;Outline • Thallophyta • Protophyta • Hysterophyta • Cormophyta • Acrobrya • Amphibrya • Acramphibrya ;Conspectus • Regio I. THALLOPHYTA • Sectio I. Protophyta • Classis I. Algae • Ordo I. Diatomaceae • I. Diatomeae • a. Frustulieae (Gen. 1–12) • b. Hydrolineae (Gen. 13–18) • II. Dermidieae • a. Micrasterieae (Gen. 19–21) • b. Echinelleae (Gen. 22–24) • Ordo II. Nostochinae • Ordo III. Confervaceae • Ordo IV. Characeae • Ordo V. Ulvaceae • Ordo VI. Floridae • Ordo VII. Fucaceae • Classis II. Lichenes • Sectio II. Hysterophyta • Classis III. Fungi • Regio II. CORMOPHYTA • Sectio III. Acrobrya • Cohors I. Anophyta • Classis IV. Hepitacea • Classis V. Musci • Cohors II. Protophyta • Classis VI. Equiseta • Classis VII. Filices • Classis VIII. Hydropterides • Classis IX. Selagines • Classis X. Zamiae • Cohors II. Hysterophyta • Classis XI. Rhizanthaea • Sectio IV. Amphibrya • Classis 12. Glumaceae • Classis 13. Enantioblastae • Classis 14. Helobiae • Classis 15. Coronariae • Ordo 51. Juncaceae • Ordo 52. Philydreae • Ordo 53. Melanthaceae • Ordo 54. Pontederaceae • Ordo 55. Liliaceae • Ordo 56. Smilaceae • Ordo 57. Dioscoreae • Ordo 58. Taccaceae • Classis 16. Artorhizae • Classis 17. Ensatae • Classis 18. Gynandrae • Classis 19. Scitamineae • Classis 20. Fluviales • Classis 21. Spadiciflorae • Classis 22. Principes. • Sectio IV. Acramphibrya • Cohors I. Gymnosperma • Classis 23. Coniferae • Cohors II. Apetalae • Classis 24. Piperitae • Aquaticae • Juliflorae • Oleraceae • Thymeleae • Classis 29. Serpentariae • Cohors III. Gamopetala • Plumbagines • Classis 32. Campanulinae • Contortae • Tubiflorae • Classis 31. Aggregatae • Caprifolia • Kuculiferae • Personatae • Petalantheae • Classis 39. Bicornes • Cohors IV. Dialypetala • Classis 40. Discanthae • Classis 41. Corniculatae • Polycarpicae • Rhoeades • Nelumbea • Parietales • Peponiferae • Opuntiae • Caryophyllinae • Classis 49. Columniferae • Guttiferae • Hesperides • Acera • Classis 54. Polygalinae • Frangulaceae • Tricoccae • Terebinthinae • Gruinales • Classis 59. Calycifiorae • Myrtiflorae • Rosiflorae • Classis 62. Leguminosae == Important works ==