Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta

Phylogeny

Node-based clade		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21 ("node-based").
Crown clade		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21. [inferred]
Reference phylogeny [PhyloCode]		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21 ("Rydin & al. (2002: Fig. 1) and Stefanovic & al. (1998: Fig. 5). See also Hart (1987: Fig. 2), Gugerli & al. (2001), Magallón & Sanderson (2002), Soltis & al. (2002).").

Defined by the most recent common ancestor (and all its descendants) of

Araucaria araucana (Molina) K.Koch (1873)		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Cupressus sempervirens L. (1753)		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Thunb.) Sweet (1818)		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.

Qualified by excluded taxon

Pinus strobus L. (1753)

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.

Original position

Coniferae (Clade) Jussieu 1789 [Cantino, Donoghue & Doyle 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E20 ("total clade").

Original entries

Araucariaceae (Family) Henkel & W.Hochst. (1865), nom. cons.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Cephalotaxaceae (Family) Neger (1907), nom. cons.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Cupressaceae (Family) Gray (1822), nom. cons.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Podocarpaceae (Family) Endl. (1847), nom. cons.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Sciadopitys (Genus) Siebold & Zucc. (1842)		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.
Taxaceae (Family) Gray (1822), nom. cons.		Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21.

Current position

Coniferae (Clade) Jussieu 1789 [Cantino, Donoghue & Doyle 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E21. [new taxon]

Historical positions

Coniferae (Clade) Jussieu 1789 [Cantino, Donoghue & Doyle 2007], nom. cl. inval.

Ref: P.D. Cantino et al., 2007: E20, E21, table 1 (p. [E]5), fig. 1. [new taxon]