Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Bryophyta

Current position

Bryophytina (Subphylum) Engl. (1892)

Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1028).

Alternative positions

Bryophyta (Division) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: D.H. Vitt, 1982: 305.
Bryophyta (Phylum) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 31).
Sphagneae (Infraphylum) (auct.) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)	Ref: W.R. Buck & B. Goffinet, 2000: 96. [inferred]
Sphagnophytina (Subphylum) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: I. [new position]
Sphagnophytina (Subdivision) Doweld (2001)	Ref: Новіков, А. & Барабаш-Красни, Б. / Novikoff, A. & Barabasz-Krasny, B., 2015: 30.

Historical positions

Bryophyta (Phylum) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 31).
Sphagnophytina (Subdivision) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 30.
Bryophytina (Subphylum) Engl. (1892)	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: App. 1 (p. 1028).
Sphagnophytina (Subphylum) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: I. [new position]
Bryophyta (Phylum) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: W.R. Buck & B. Goffinet, 2000: 96.
Bryophyta (Phylum) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 382.
Bryophyta (Division) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: D.H. Vitt, 1982: 305.
Bryophyta (Division) A.Braun (1864)	Ref: H.C. Bold, 1957: 287, 315.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1o;3f;4g;5s; †1o
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 8 Jan 2023	[1o;3f;4g]
2015b	M.A. Ruggiero et al.: table 2 (p. 31)	[2o]
2015	A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny: 30	[1o;3f;4g]
2000	W.R. Buck & B. Goffinet	[2o;2f;2g]
1982	D.H. Vitt	1o1f1g100-120s; †1o
1957	H.C. Bold: 315	[1o;1f;1g]