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A cladistic classification of green plants
Author(s) -
Bremer Kåre,
Wanntorp Hans–Erik
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1981.tb01025.x
Subject(s) - cladistics , monophyly , biology , botany , extant taxon , taxon , green algae , plant taxonomy , taxonomy (biology) , algae , phylogenetics , systematics , evolutionary biology , clade , biochemistry , gene
A cladistic classification comprises strictly monophyletic taxa only. Groups such as the green algae and the gymnosperms are not monophyletic and should not be recognized taxonomically. In this proposal the green plants are recognized as a sub–kingdom, Chlorobionta. One of the divisions is Slreptophyta with some green algae and the higher plants, the latter group being recognized as a subdivision, Em–bryophylina. The (extant) higher plants consist of eight classes, one of them being Pinatae , the seed plants. The angiosperms constitute one of the subclasses, viz Mag–noliidae.