Euphyllophyte
| Euphyllophyte | |
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| Fossil of Psilophyton dawsonii, an early euphyllophyte | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Polysporangiophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Euphyllophytes |
| Synonyms[citation needed] | |
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The euphyllophytes are a
spermatophytes or seed plants such as flowering plants (angiosperms) and gymnosperms (conifers and related groups), and the Polypodiophytes or ferns, as well as a number of extinct fossil groups.[4]
The division of the extant tracheophytes into three monophyletic lineages is supported in multiple molecular studies.[4][5][6] Other researchers argue that phylogenies based solely on molecular data without the inclusion of carefully evaluated fossil data based on whole plant reconstructions, do not necessarily completely and accurately resolve the evolutionary history of groups like the euphyllophytes.[7]
The following cladogram shows a 2004 view of the evolutionary relationships among the taxa described above.[4]
Tracheophytes
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An updated phylogeny of both living and extinct Euphyllophytes[8][9][10] with plant taxon authors from Anderson, Anderson & Cleal 2007.[11]
Tracheophyta
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References
- PMID 10905613
- ^ Monterrosa, J. & Monro, A.K. (2008), "An Annotated Checklist of the Monilophytes (Ferns) and Lycophytes of El Salvador", Fern Gazette, 18 (4): 120–215, retrieved 2016-11-27
- JSTOR 25065646, archived from the original(PDF) on 2008-02-26
- ^ PMID 21652310
- JSTOR 25065646
- S2CID 4367248
- S2CID 86172890
- ISBN 978-1-56098-730-7
- PMID 21652317
- S2CID 84956576
- ISBN 978-1-919976-39-6