The classification of early land plants-revisited

Abstract

Three suprageneric categories applied to early land plants- Rhyniophytina, Zosterophyllophytina, Trimerophytina- proposed by Banks in 1968 are reviewed and found to have still some usefulness. Additions to each are noted, some deletions are made, and some early plants that display features of more than one category are set aside as Aberrant Genera.