Tracheophyta

Translingual

Lycopodium obscurum

Pinus radiata

Magnolia grandiflora

Etymology

FromAncient Greekτραχεῖα(trakheîa,“windpipe”)+‎-ophyta;compareEnglishtrachea(“xylem vessel”).

Proper noun

Tracheophyta

1. Thevascular plantsortracheophytes.
   1. A taxonomicdivisionwithin thekingdomPlantae.
   2. A taxonomicphylumwithin thesuperphylumEmbryophyta.

Usage notes

• New scientific findings have changed the system of taxonomic classification especially on its higher levels and this term may be considered dated in some classification systems.

Synonyms

• Tracheobionta

Hypernyms

• (phylum in Embryophyta):Eukaryota– superkingdom;Plantae– kingdom;Viridiplantae– subkingdom;Streptophyta– infrakingdom,Embryophyta– superphylum

Hyponyms

• (phylum in Embryophyta):Lycopodiophytina,Polypodiophytina,Spermatophytina– subphyla

Coordinate terms

• (phylum in Embryophyta):Anthocerotophyta,Bryophyta,Marchantiophyta

Descendants

• tracheophyte

References

• Vascular planton Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tracheophytaon Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tracheophytaon Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons