Tracheophyta

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Translingual[edit]

Lycopodium obscurum
Pinus radiata
Magnolia grandiflora

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Tracheophyta

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

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248