Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae

Current position

Embryophyta (Superphylum) Engl. (1887)

Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30).

Alternative positions

Bryobiotina (Subkingdom) Campb. (1890)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: I. [new position]
Embryophyta (Clade) Engler 1887 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken & M. Roos, 2010: 68.
embryophytes ([unranked])	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: fig. 1. [inferred rank]
land plants ([unranked])	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 133).

Historical positions

Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 133).
Embryophyta (Superphylum) Engl. (1887)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30).
Embryophyta (Clade) Engler 1887 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval.	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken & M. Roos, 2010: 68.
Land plants ([unranked])	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1027).
embryophytes ([unranked])	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: fig. 1.
Bryobiotina (Subkingdom) Campb. (1890)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: I. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 23 Jan 2023	[2c;5o;5f;15g]
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 133)	22*ng;13[-16]*g; †15.4%g
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 30)	[2c;5o]
2001	A.B. Doweld: I	[3c]