List of plant orders

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This article lists the living orders of the Viridiplantae, based primarily on the work of Ruggiero et al. 2015.[1] Living order of Lycophytes and ferns are taken from Christenhusz et al. 2011b[2] and Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group.[3] Living orders of Gymnosperms are added from Christenhusz et al. 2011a[4] while extinct orders are from Anderson, Anderson & Cleal 2007.[5]

Division Prasinodermophyta

Class
Prasinodermophyceae

Class Palmophyllophyceae

  • Order
    Prasinococcales
  • Order
    Palmophyllales

Division Chlorophyta

Subdivision Prasinophytina

Class Mamiellophyceae

Class Pyramimonadophyceae

Subdivision Chlorophytina

Class
Nephroselmidophyceae

  • Order
    Nephroselmidales

Class
Picocystophyceae

Class Chloropicophyceae

  • Order
    Chloropicales

Class Pedinophyceae

Class
Chlorodendrophyceae

Class Trebouxiophyceae

Class Ulvophyceae

Class Chlorophyceae

Division Streptophyta

Subdivision Chlorokybophytina

Class Mesostigmatophyceae

  • Order
    Mesostigmatales

Class Chlorokybophyceae

  • Order
    Chlorokybales

Subdivision Klebsormidiophyinta

Class
Klebsormidiophyceae

Subdivision Charophytina

Class Charophyceae

Subdivision Coleochaetophytina

Class Coleochaetophyceae

  • Order
    Coleochaetales

Subdivision Zygnematophytina

Class Zygnematophyceae

Subdivision
Anthocerotophytina[7]

Class
Leiosporocerotopsida

  • Order
    Leiosporocerotales

Class
Anthocerotopsida

  • Order
    Anthocerotales
  • Order
    Notothyladales
  • Order
    Phymatocerotales
  • Order
    Dendrocerotales

Subdivision Marchantiophytina[7]

Class Haplomitriopsida

  • Order
    Treubiales
  • Order
    Calobryales

Class Marchantiopsida

  • Subclass
    Blasiidae
  • Subclass
    Marchantiidae
    (Complex thalloid liverworts)

Class Jungermanniopsida

Subdivision Bryophytina[8]

Class
Takakiopsida

  • Order
    Takakiales

Class Sphagnopsida

  • Order †
    Protosphagnales
  • Order
    Ambuchananiales
  • Order Sphagnales (Peat/bog mosses)

Class
Andreaeobryopsida

  • Order
    Andreaeobryales

Class
Andreaeopsida

  • Order
    Andreaeales
    (Granite/lantern mosses)

Class
Oedipodiopsida

  • Order
    Oedipodiales

Class
Tetraphidopsida

  • Order
    Tetraphidales

Class
Polytrichopsida

  • Order
    Polytrichales
    (Hair-cap mosses)

Class Bryopsida

Clade †Horneophytina

Class †Horneophytopsida

Subdivision
Tracheophytina[9]

Class †Cooksoniopsida

Class †
Rhyniopsida

Clade †
Zosterophyllophyta

Class
Lycopodiopsida

Class †Eophyllophytopsida

Class †Trimerophytopsida

Clade
Pteridophyta

Class †Noeggerathiopsida

Class †Aneurophytopsida

Class †Archaeopteridopsida

Incertae sedis

Clade
Spermatophyta

References