Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae

Current position

polysporangiophytes ([unranked])

Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken & M. Roos, 2010: 68. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Cormophyta (Subkingdom)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984 [unofficial]
Cormophyta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 251. [new taxon]
Embryophyta ([unranked]) Endlicher, 1836	Ref: E.J. van Nieukerken & M. Roos, 2010: 68.
Embryophyta (Superphylum) Crane et al. (2004)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 31).
Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 134).
Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Sm. (1981)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.

Original position

Cormophyta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1998)

Original entries

Pteridophytina (Subphylum) (Eichler) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Spermatophytina (Subphylum) (auct.) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)

Historical positions

Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: T. Rees et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 134).
Embryophyta (Superphylum) Crane et al. (2004)	Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 31).
Embryophyta ([unranked]) Endlicher, 1836	Ref: B. Odé et al., 2010: 70-77; 68.
Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) Cavalier-Sm. (1981)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 2004: 1252.
Cormophyta (Infrakingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1998)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 6 (p. 251). [new taxon]
Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
Viridiplantae (Kingdom) Caval.-Sm. (1981)	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1981
Plantae (Kingdom) Haeckel (1866)	Ref: R.H. Whittaker, 1969

Phylogeny

Holophyletic

Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 214.

Number of Subtaxa

2022	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6c;81o;471f;14,023g;8372s;401ss;530v;1; ‡1g;4s; †4c;15o;44f;395g;49s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6c;84o;471f]
2020	T. Rees et al.: table 2 (p. 134)	45,789*ng;17,857[-28,614]*g; †7.1%g
2008	D.J. Mabberley	[9c;76o;470f]
1998	T. Cavalier-Smith	[2sp]