Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta

Subsequent positions

Lignophyta (Clade) Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: tables 6 (p. 97), 7 (p. 98). [implicit]

Current position

Lignophyta (Clade) Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 98); Wang et al., 2021: fig. 4. [inferred rank]

Alternative positions

†Aneurophytopsida (Class) Bierhorst ex Takht. (1978)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XIII.
Lignophytia (Supercohort)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 229); Crane & Kenrick, 1997: fig. 1.
†Progymnospermopsida (Class) Beck (1960)	Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 54.
†progymnosperms ([unranked])	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E17; Wang et al., 2021: fig. 4.

Historical positions

†Progymnospermopsida (Class) Beck (1960)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 54.
†Progymnospermophyta (Phylum) Lang (1925)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1028).
†progymnosperms ([unranked])	Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E17 ("e.g.").
†Aneurophytopsida (Class) Bierhorst ex Takht. (1978)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XIII.
Lignophytia (Supercohort)	Ref: P. Kenrick & P.R. Crane, 1997a: table 7.1 (p. 229).
Lignophyta (Clade) Crane & Kenrick 1997, nom. cl. inval.	Ref: P.R. Crane & P. Kenrick, 1997: table 7 (p. 98), fig. 1.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†1f;1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Apr 2023	[; †1f;1g]
2015	A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny: 54	[; †1f;1g]
2001	A.B. Doweld: XIII	[; †1f]