Belongs within: Apo-Tracheophyta.
Contains: Pan-Monilophyta, Trimerophytina, Lignophyta, Zosterophyllaceae, Lycopodiopsida.
Tracheophyta was defined by Cantino et al. (2007) as the crown-group of vascular plants, i.e. the largest crown clade including Zea mays but not Phaeoceros laevis, Marchantia polymorpha or Polytrichum commune, characterised by the walls of the water-conducting cells having a thick, lignified, decay-resistent layer. Modern tracheophytes are divided between the Lycopodiopsida (clubmosses and allies) and Euphyllophyta (ferns and seed plants). Living members of the latter clade are characterised by the presence of broad true leaves (megaphylls or euphylls). However, fossil evidence suggests that the leaves of ferns and seed plants may have evolved independently from each other (Cantino et al. 2007). The total group of the Lycopodiopsida (Pan-Lycopodiophyta) may be characterised by sporangium dehiscence by a transverse, apical split (Cantino et al. 2007).
<==Tracheophyta [Cormatae, Pteridophytina] |--Euphyllophyta [Euphyllophytina, Pan-Euphyllophyta]CD07 | | i. s.: CyclogranisporitesSP12 | | |--C. flexuosusP63 | | `--C. lasiusP63 | |--Pan-MonilophytaCD07 | `--+--TrimerophytinaSP12 | `--LignophytaCD07 `--Pan-Lycopodiophyta [Lycopodiobiotina]CD07 |--‘Cooksonia’ caledonica Edwards 1970SP12 `--+--RenaliaD98 | |--R. grabertiiEE86 | |--R. hueberiEE86 | `--R. majorEE86 `--LycophytinaBC98 |--ZosterophyllaceaeBC98 `--LycopodiopsidaCD07 Tracheophyta incertae sedis: XyliaPA-W02 |--X. dolabriformisPA-W02 `--X. xylocarpaRH91 AustrocalyxaceaeVA01 |--Rinconadia archangelskyiVA01 |--Jejenia alataVA01 |--Austrocalyx Vega & Archangelsky 1996VA01 | `--A. jejenensisVA01 `--Polycalyx Vega & Archangelsky 2001VA01 |--*P. laterale Vega & Archangelsky 2001VA01 `--P. tetramera Vega & Archangelsky 2001VA01 NothorhacopterisVA01 BergiopterisVA01 DiplopteridiumVA01 |--D. holdeniiVA01 `--D. teilianumVA01 Pullaritheca longii [=Hydrasperma longii]VA01 ButeoxylonaceaeVA01 Yunia dichotoma Hao & Beck 1991G97 CicatricosisporitesI02 |--C. annulatusVB02 |--C. augustusVB02 |--C. australiensis (Cookson) Potonié 1956I02 |--C. hughesiiVB02 |--C. ludbrookiaeVB02 |--C. orbiculatus Singh 1964I02 |--C. purbeckensisVB02 `--C. recticicatricosus Döring 1965I02 DeltoidosporaI02 |--D. hallii Miner 1935I02 |--D. mesozoicusDV06 `--D. psilostoma Rouse 1959YB02 Matonisporites cooksoniaeI02, VB02 Cibotiumspora jurienensis (Balme) Filatoff 1975I02 CyathiditesI02 |--C. australis Couper 1953YB02 `--C. minor Couper 1953YB02 TodisporitesI02 |--T. major Couper 1958YB02 `--T. minor Couper 1958YB02 Trilobosporites laevigatus El Beialy 1994I02 AneimitesF71 |--A. austrina Etheridge 1888F71 `--A. ovata [incl. Rhacopteris inaequilatera]F71 Apocynocarpum sulcatum Ettingshausen 1886F71 ArtocarpidiumF71 |--A. gregoi Ettingshausen 1886F71 `--A. stuarti Ettingshausen 1883F71 Bairera multifidaF71 Bambusites arthrostylinus Ettingshausen 1886F71 Blechnoxylon talbragarense Etheridge 1899F71 Walkomiella australis [=Brachyphyllum australe Feistmantel 1878-1879]F71 CallistemophyllumF71 |--C. hackii Ettingshausen 1886F71 `--C. obliquum Ettingshausen 1886F71 CladophlebisF71 |--C. australisF71 |--C. royleiF71 | |--C. r. var. royleiF71 | `--C. r. var. murtoni Dun 1909F71 `--C. strictaK-CB01 Cupanites selwyni Ettingshausen 1886F71 Dalbergiophyllum affine Ettingshausen 1886F71 Diemenia perseaefolia Ettingshausen 1886F71 Dolichites coriaceus Ettingshausen 1886F71 Ficonium solandri Ettingshausen 1883F71 GangamopterisF71 |--G. angustifoliaS89 `--G. walkomii Rigby 1967F71 Ginkgocladus australiensis Ettingshausen 1886F71 Heterocladiscos thujoides Ettingshausen 1883F71 Salisburia palmata [=Jeanpaulia palmata Ratte 1886]F71 MacrotaeniopterisF71 |--M. lataS89 `--M. wianamattae Feistmantel 1878-1879F71 Molongia brownii Ettingshausen 1883F71 Maitaia podocarpoidesF71 Malpighiastrum babbagei Ettingshausen 1886F71 Microphyllopteris pectinataF71 MyrtoniumF71 |--M. lanceolatum Ettingshausen 1886F71 `--M. obtusifolium Ettingshausen 1886F71 Oleandridium lenticuliforme Etheridge 1894F71 OvopterisF71 |--O. alataF71 `--O. oxydata [=Sphenopteris oxydata]G31 Palaeocladus cuneiformis Ettingshausen 1886F71 Pitys sussmilchiF71 Pseudopinus wilkinsoni Ettingshausen 1886F71 Rhopala sapindifolia Ettingshausen 1886F71 Stenopteris rigida Dun 1909F71 ThinnfeldiaF71 |--T. feistmanteliF71 |--T. incisaG31 |--T. lancifoliaF71 `--T. narrabeenensis Dun in Walkom 1925F71 Trachyphyllum myosotinum Ettingshausen 1886F71 Annularia Sternb. 1825 non Schumacher 1817 (ICZN)KC01 |--A. australis Feistmantel 1878-1879F71 |--A. inaequifoliaG31 |--A. ivini Walkom 1941F71 |--A. latifoliaA38 |--A. longifoliaG31 |--A. maximaG31 |--A. mucronataG31 |--A. papilioidesG31 |--A. sphenophylloidesA38 `--A. stellataA38 Austroclepsis australisC02 JeanpauliaR87 |--J. bidensR87 `--J. munsterianaR87
*Type species of generic name indicated
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