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Taxon List A-Z

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Aglaophyton: X (Tracheophyta*) Early Devonian of Scotland. Remy et al. (1994).
Andreaea: (Bryophyta), see Bryophyta (Andreaeids)
Andreaeidae: (Bryophyta), see Bryophyta (Andreaeids)
Andreaeids: (Bryophyta): paraphyletic Andreaeidae + Takakia.  
Andreaeobryum: (Bryophyta), see Bryophyta (Andreaeids)
Archaeopteris: X (Lignophyta). Late Devonian cosmopolitan. Osborne et al. (2004); Rothwell & Lev-Yadun (2005). See Tracheophyta.
Asteroxylon: X (Lycophyta: Drepanophycales*), see Tracheophyta.

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Baragwanathia: (Lycophyta: Drepanophycales*): see Tracheophyta.*
BRYOPHYTA = moss > Quercus.  Mosses.  
Bryopsida: 
Buxbaumia: see Bryophyta (Polytrichales).  

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Caia: X (Tracheophyta). Pridoli of England. Kenrick & Crane (1997).
Charophyta = Quercus > Chlamydomonas.  Green algae in the land plant stem group 
Chlorobionta: = Quercus alba > Gelidium coulteri.  ~  Viridaeplantae.
Chlorophyta = Chlamydomonas > Quercus.  Green algae in the land plant stem group.  
Cooksonia: X (Tracheophyta). Wenlock to Early Devonian worldwide. Boyce (2008).

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Dawsonia:  see Bryophyta (Polytrichales).  
Drepanophycales: X (Lycophyta)
Drepanophycus: X (Lycophyta: Drepanophycales). See also, Tracheophyta.

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Embryophyta = Quercus + moss 
Eophyllophyton: X (Eutracheophyta). Pragian of China. Kenrick & Crane (1997). See Tracheophyta.
Equisetum: (Monilophyta). See Tracheophyta.
Euphyllophyta = ferns + fruit. See also Tracheophyta.
Eutracheophyta: (Tracheophyta). Lycopsids + limes. From the Wenlock. See also Tracheophyta.

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Funaria: see Bryophyta (Bryopsida)

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Green Algae = Quercus + Chlamydomonas.  An informal crown group.

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Hedeia: X (Tracheophyta*).
Hicklingia: X (Lycophyta). See Tracheophyta. Middle Devonian of Scotland, possibly U.S. Kenrick & Crane (1997).
Horneophyton: X (Tracheophyta). Early Devonian of Scotland.
Huia: X (Lycophyta). See Tracheophyta. Early Devonian of China. Kenrick & Crane (1997).
Huperzia: (Lycopsida). See Tracheophyta.
Huvenia: X (Tracheophyta). Early Devonian of Germany. Kenrick & Crane (1997).

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Kidstonophyton: X Pragian of Scotland. Invalid genus. This form is the male gametophyte of Nothia. Taylor et al. (2005).

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Land Plants: see Embryophyta  
Langiophyton: X Pragian of Scotland. Invalid genus. This form is the gametophyte of Horneophyton.
Lignophyta: fruits > ferns. See Tracheophyta.
LYCOPHYTA: See also Tracheophyta.
Lycophytina: lycopsids (Huperzia) + derived zosterophylls (Sawdonia). See Tracheophyta
Lycopsida: Selaginella > Sawdonia. See Tracheophyta.
Lyonophyton: X Pragian of Scotland. Invalid genus. This form is the gametophyte of Aglaophyton.

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Marchantia: see Tracheophyta.
Monilophyta: Equisetum > Quercus. See Tracheophyta.

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Neckera: (Bryophyta) see Bryophyta.
Neckeropsis: (Bryophyta) see Bryophyta. 

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Oedipodium: see Bryophyta (Polytrichales).  

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Pan-Tracheophyta: see Tracheophyta.
Pertica: X (Eutracheophyta). Emsian? of Canada and U.S. Kenrick & Crane (1997). See Tracheophyta.
Phaeoceros: see Tracheophyta.
Physcomitrella:  (Bryophyta) see Bryophyta.
Pinnatiramosus: X (Tracheophyta*). Llandovery (disputed) of South China.
Pogonatum:  see Bryophyta (Polytrichales).  
Polytrichales: (Bryophyta) Polytrichum > Bryopsida.
Polysporangiomorpha = Tracheophyta (more or less).
Polytrichopsida: see Bryophyta (Polytrichales)
Polytrichum: (Bryophyta) see Bryophyta, Tracheophyta.  
Prasinophyta = basal paraphyletic radiation of Chlorobionta.
protracheophytes: X ?paraphyletic group of Tracheophyta without apomorphic tracheids. Early Devonian of Scotland.
Psilophyton: X (Eutracheophyta). Emsian of Canada. Kenrick & Crane (1997). See Tracheophyta.
Psilotum: (Euphyllophyta). See Tracheophyta*.
pteridophytes: paraphyletic group of all Tracheophyta without seeds. From the Wenlock worldwide.

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Remyophyton: X Pragian of Scotland. Invalid genus. This form is the gametophyte of Rhynia.
Renalia: X (Lycophyta). See Tracheophyta. Early Devonian of Canada, Germany & UK. Kenrick & Crane (1997). 
Rhynia: X (Tracheophyta). Early Devonian of Scotland. Kenrick & Crane (1997). 
rhyniophytes: X paraphyletic group of probably basal Tracheophyta. Early Devonian of Scotland. Ludlow to Middle Devonian and worldwide, if Cooksonia is included.

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Salopella: X (Tracheophyta).
Sawdonia: X (Zosterophyllopsida). See Tracheophyta. Pragian to Frasnian of Canada, Europe, Siberia. Kenrick & Crane (1997).
Selaginella: (Lycopsida). See Tracheophyta.
Spermatophytata: Quercus > Equisetum. See also, Tracheophyta.  
Sphagnum: (Bryophyta) see generally, Bryophyta.
Stockmansella: X (Tracheophyta). Early Devonian of Belgium. Kenrick & Crane (1997). 
Streptophyta: see Charophyta.

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Taeniocrada: X (Tracheophyta*) Devonian of Europe and North America.
Takakia: (Bryophyta: Andreaeids) see Bryophyta (Andreaeids).  
Tarrantia: X (?) Lochkovian of England and Brazil. Osborne et al. (2004); Edwards & Wellman (2001)*. See Tracheophyta
Tetraphidales: (Bryophyta) see Bryophyta (Polytrichales).
Tetraphis: seeBryophyta (Polytrichales). 
Tortilicaulis: X (?) Lochkovian of England. Kenrick & Crane (1997). See Tracheophyta.
TRACHEOPHYTA = Quercus > moss.  Land plants. From the Wenlock or earlier, cosmopolitan.
trimerophytes: paraphyletic group of Eutracheophyta forming the stem group of Euphyllophyta. Kenrick & Crane (1997). See Tracheophyta.

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Viridaeplantae: see Chlorobionta

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Zea: see Tracheophyta.
Zosterophyllopsida: X. Sawdonia > Selaginella. Wenlock to Late Devonian, cosmopolitan. Benton & Harper (1997); Kotyk et al. (2002). See also Tracheophyta.
Zosterophyllum: X see Tracheophyta. Probable garbage taxon, with not all species within Lycophytina, much less Zosterophyllopsida.

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