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Polytrichidae

Bryopsida

Taxonomy
Polytrichidae is a subclass.

It was assigned to Bryopsida by Kenrick and Crane (1997).

Subtaxa
Polytrichites
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by H. Sims on 2003-10-23; modified by H. Sims on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Polytrichidae Kenrick and Crane

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryophyta
classBryopsida
subclassPolytrichidae
subclassPolytrichidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subcl. †Polytrichidae
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G. †Polytrichites Yasui 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available