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Taxonomy
The Subkingdom Viridaeplantae is a member of the Kingdom Plantae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Viridaeplantae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Subkingdom Viridaeplantae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Branch (1): Protostomia
- Infrakingdom (1): Ecdysozoa
- Superphylum (1): Panarthropoda
- Phylum (5): Bryophyta · Charophyta · Chlorophyta · Magnoliophyta · Tracheophyta
Phyla
Bryophyta
Bryophyta may refer to: [more]
Charophyta
The Charophyta are a division of , including the closest relatives of the embryophyte plants. In some groups, such as conjugating green algae, flagellate cells do not occur. The latter group does engage in sexual reproduction, and motility does not involve flagella, since they are totally lacking. Flagellate cells in the form of sperm are found in stoneworts (Charales) and Coleochaetales. [more]
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta, a division of , includes about 7000 species[1] of mostly aquatic photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. Like the land plants (bryophytes and tracheophytes), green algae contain chlorophylls a and b, and store food as starch in their plastids. They are related to the Charophyta and Embryophyta (land plants), together making up the Viridiplantae. [more]
Magnoliophyta
The flowering plants or angiosperms (Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group of . The flowering plants and the gymnosperms are the only extant groups of seed plants. The flowering plants are distinguished from other seed plants by a series of apomorphies, or derived characteristics. [more]
Tracheophyta
Vascular plants (also known as tracheophytes or higher plants) are those that have lignified tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant. Vascular plants include the ferns, clubmosses, flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. Scientific names for the group include Tracheophyta and Tracheobionta, but neither name is very widely used. [more]
At least 744,704 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Tracheophyta.
More info about the Phylum Tracheophyta may be found here.
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