Tracheophyta

Translingual

Lycopodium obscurum

Pinus radiata

Magnolia grandiflora

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”) +‎ -ophyta; compare English trachea (“xylem vessel”).

Proper noun

Tracheophyta

The vascular plants or tracheophytes.
1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.^[1]

Usage notes

New scientific findings have changed the system of taxonomic classification especially on its higher levels and this term may be considered dated in some classification systems.

Synonyms

Tracheobionta

Hypernyms

(phylum in Embryophyta): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom, Embryophyta - superphylum^[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Embryophyta): Lycopodiophytina, Polypodiophytina, Spermatophytina - subphyla^[1]

Coordinate terms

(phylum in Embryophyta): Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta^[1]

Descendants

tracheophyte

References

Vascular plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tracheophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tracheophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

1 2 3 4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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