Overview
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A Subphylum in the Kingdom Plantae.
Taxonomy
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The Subphylum Lycophytina is a member of the Phylum Tracheophyta. Here is the complete "parentage" of Lycophytina:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Lycophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Subphylum Lycophytina is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Infraphylum (2): Lycophytae · Psilophytae
- Class (2): Lycopsida · Zosterophyllopsida
Classes
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Lycopsida
Lycopodiopsida is a class of plants often loosely grouped as the , and includes the clubmosses. Lycopodiopsida traditionally included all the clubmosses, including Selaginella and Isoetes. However, subdivisions within the Division Lycopodiophyta are now considered ancient enough to warrant higher-level separation in accordance with cladistics. [more]
Zosterophyllopsida
At least 272 species and subspecies belong to the Class Zosterophyllopsida.
More info about the Class Zosterophyllopsida may be found here.
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