The authorship of the phylum should be ascribed to the Editor of the translation, E. R. Lankester, not E. Haeckel.
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Synonym: Polypodiophyta Cronquist et al. 1966
Full reference: E. Haeckel. 1875. The History of Creation: or the development of the Earth and its inhabitants by the action of natural causes. A popular exposition of the doctrine of evolution in general, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in particular. From the German […]. The translation revised by Professor E. Ray Lankester […] 1-2
Parent taxon: Tracheophyta according to G. P. Johnson and K. S. Renzaglia 2009
See also Doweld 2001, Knowlton 1919 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Arisada, Bryobiotina, Catenalis, Euphyllophytina, Gymnospermopsida, Lycophytina, Lycopodiobiotina, Lycopodiophyta, Progymnospermopsida, Pteridobiotina, Rhyniaceae, Rhyniopsida, Sciadophyton, Spermatophyta
Subtaxa: Acrostichides Acrostichophyllum Actinopteris Actinostelopteris Agasopteris Alcicornopteris Anastomopteris Aneimidium Anotopteris Aphlebiocarpus Apiculatisporis Archaeoxylon Arcyopteris Aspideae Aspidioides Asplenioides Aspleniopteris Asterochlaena Asterochlaenopsis Aulacopteris Auritulinasporites Bachasupteris Balantites Bambakia Baqueroites Beinertia Bellopteris Benizia Bernoullia Biarmella Bockschia Bonaventurea Boweria Brittsia Cardioangulina Cardiopteridium Carolopteris Catenopteris Cephalotheca Chansitheca Cheiloleptites Chorionopteris Chrysodiopteris Cingulatipollenites Clavatasporites Coenopteridales Comia Comipteridium Concavisporites Converrucosisporites Crenaticaulis Cynepteris Dactylopteris Dactylotheca Danaeides Deccanites Delgadoa Desmophlebis Dicksoniopteris Dicropteris Dictyocallipteridium Didymosorus Diplasiophyllum Diplazites Diplodendron Diplophacelus Discopteris Distichopteris Doleropteris Duplexisporites Dvinopteridium Dzergalanella Eboracia Emplectopteridium Eodelopterum Eodelopterum priscum Eorhachis Eskdalia Fefilopteris Filices Filiciphyllum Filicites Filicorachionites Flicheia Floropteris Foliopteris Forbesia Fortisia Fortopteris Foveogleicheniidites Gellera Glenopteris Glockeria Glossochlamys Goeppertella Goeppertia Grandeurya Guptiorachis Gutbieria Gymnocaulus Gyropteris Halopteris Hawlea Hemionitites Heterofilicites Hydropterangium Hymenophyllea Impardecispora Iniopteris Isiolopteris Jarenga Johnstonia Kandyria Kankakeea Karinopteris Katadromopteris Katasiopteris Ketovia Kidstonia Knorripteris Konnoa Leckenbya Lescuropteris Listrophyllum Lobifolia Lomatopteris Lonchopteris Lopinopteris Loxopteris Lycopsida Lygodites Marattites Marcouia Margaritopteris Marzaria Medullosites Megalopteris Menopteris Merianopteris Mesodescolea Microdictyon Microfoveolatosporis Microreticulatisporites Mixoneura Monheimia Monolete Mundapteris Muricingulisporis Murospora Myriotheca Naktongia Neriopteris Noeggerathia Noeopteris Norwoodia Onocleites Ophioglossites Osmundia Osmundophyllum Otidophyton Pachyphyllum Palaeopteris Parazolla Parkeriaceae Parkerioidea Peremopteris Permopteridium Peruviophyllum Phialopteris Pilosisporites Plumatopteris Poacordaites Polycingulatisporites Polypodiopsida Polypodites Polytheca Protoblechnum Psalixochlaena Pseudadiantites Pseudocordaites Pseudodanaeopsis Pseudorhacopteris Psilatriletes Psilotopsida Pteridites Pteridoleimma Pteridopsida Pteridorachis Pteridotheca Pteropsida Renaultia Reussia Rhabdoxylon Rhachiopteris Rhacophytales Rhacopteris Rhizodendron Rhizomites Rhizomites Rubinella Ruflorinia Saadisporites Saccopteris Sachalinia Sacheria Scapanophyllum Schizaeites Schizodendron Sciadipteris Sclerophyllina Scleropteridium Scleropteris Scolopendrites Scortea Selenochlaena Shirakia Silesiopteris Sitzia Sitzopteris Sorocladus Sphegopteris Sphenopteridium Sphyropteris Stachypteris Staphylopteris Steffensia Stewartiopteris Stipitopteris Straelenipteris Strephopteris Supaia Surangea Sylvia Sylvopteris Synia Taenitites Tedelea Teilhardia Tetraptilon Tetratmema Thecopteris Tietea Trilobosporites Trimatopteris Triplanosporites Tuberositriletes Tubicaulidaceae Tungussopteris Tuzhykoviella Ungeria Uralia Uralopteris Vargolopteris Velosporites Wingatea Zalesskyella Zonopteris
Ecology: "photoautotroph"