The internal classification of this group has undergone considerable revision. The Cronquist system, proposed by Arthur Cronquist in 1968 and published in its full form in 1981, is still widely used but is no longer believed to accurately reflect phylogeny. A consensus about how the flowering plants should be arranged has recently begun to emerge through the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG), which published an influential reclassification of the angiosperms in 1998. Updates incorporating more recent research were published as APG II in 2003 and as APG III in 2009.
What consensus is the AGP trying to reach? What internal component has undergone considerable revision? What system did Arthur Cronquist put forth in 1968, but not publish in full form until 1981? Who published an influential reclassification of the angiosperms in 1998?