Tracheophyta

Translingual

Lycopodium obscurum

Pinus radiata

Magnolia grandiflora

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”) +‎ -ophyta; compare English trachea (“xylem vessel”).

Proper noun

Tracheophyta

1. The vascular plants or tracheophytes.
   1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Embryophyta.

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 plant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tracheophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tracheophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons