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A cladistic classification of green plants

Kåre Bremer, Hans‐Erik Wanntorp

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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.

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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.

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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.

Key concepts: Cladistics, Monophyly, Biology, Botany, Extant taxon, Taxon, Green algae, Plant taxonomy

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