Phylum Lycopodiophyta Scott 1900
Parent taxon: Tracheophyta according to J. L. Morris et al. 2018
See also Doweld 2001, Jud 2011 and Taylor et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Arisada, Bryobiotina, Catenalis, Euphyllophytina, Gymnospermopsida, Lycophytina, Lycopodiobiotina, Progymnospermopsida, Pteridobiotina, Pteridophyta, Rhyniaceae, Rhyniopsida, Sciadophyton, Spermatophyta
Subtaxa: Adelophyton Fasciostomia Lycopodiopsida
Ecology: "photoautotroph"