Plants

Archaeplastida

The Archaeaplastida are a major group of eukaryotes, comprising the land plants (=embryophytes), the green algae (chlorophtes + charophytes), red algae, and ancestral glaucophytes. The chloroplasts of these organisms are surrounded by two membranes; evidence for an origin from endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.

Classification

Eukaryotes

└Archaeplastida

├Glaucophyta

├Red algae

└Viridiplantae

├Chlorophytes

└Streptophytes

├Charophytes

└Embryophytes

├Bryophytes

├Liverworts

├Mosses

└Hornworts

└Tracheophytes *

├Lycophytes *

├Ground pines or clubmosses

├Spike-mosses

└ Quillworts

├Monilophytes *

├Horsetails

├Ophioglossoid ferns

├Whisk ferns

├Marattialean ferns *

└True ferns

└Seed plants

├Cycads

├Ginkgo

├Conifers

├Gnetophytes

└Angiosperms


  • Sensu lato means "in a broad sense"; a loose grouping

  • Sensu stricto means "in a strict sense"; a limiting definition

  • Does not include extinct groups; Click here to see whole list*

Archaeplastida

Above: Representatives of the Archaeplastida: red algae, green algae, and land plants