Overview
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A taxonomic infraphylum.
Taxonomy
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The Infraphylum Lycophytae is a member of the Subphylum Lycophytina. Here is the complete "parentage" of Lycophytae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Lycophytina
- Infraphylum: Lycophytae (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Subphylum: Lycophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Infraphylum Lycophytae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Class (2): Lycopodiopsida · Lycopsida
Classes
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Lycopodiopsida
Lycopsida
Lycopodiopsida is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the fern allies. Traditionally the group included not only the clubmosses and firmosses, but also the spikemosses (Selaginella and relatives) and the quillworts (Isoetes and relatives). However, the latter are now usually separated off into a separate class, Isoetopsida. [more]
At least 66 species and subspecies belong to the Class Lycopsida.
More info about the Class Lycopsida may be found here.
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