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Taxon: Superphylum Embryophyta Engl. (1887) - land plants (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (A. Engler, in A. Engler & K. Prantl, 1889[1887]), nom. descript.
Original name & spelling:  (Engler, A.) 1889[1887]. In A. Engler & K. Prantl (eds.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. [ed. 1] 2 (1) [fasc. 3/4]: 1 ("Abteilung. Embryophyta zoidiogama (Archegoniatae)"), 2 ("Abteilung. Embryophyta siphonogama"), 4 ("zuerst gebrauchten Bezeichnungen"). [unranked]. ≡ [implicit]
Subsequent rank: 
Description/Diagnosis in German:  op. cit.: 5 ("... gemeinsamen Namen ... entweder die Bezeichnung Archegoniatae oder Embryophytae auf alle anwenden ...", "Die von mir vorgeschlagene Bezeichnung ... zoidiogame Embryophyten ... siphonogame Embryophyten").

Attributes

Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 19 May 2023.

Variants

Clade-based name: Embryophyta (Clade) Engler 1887 [Mishler & Qiu 2020] Ref: B.D. Mishler & Y.-L. Qiu, 2020: [211]. [inferred]
Former rank: Embryophyta (Kingdom) Engl. (1887) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30). [inferred]
Former rank: Embryopsida (Class) Engler ex Pirani & Prado (2012) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30). [inferred]
Former unranked name: Embryophyta (Clade) Engler 1887 [Crane & Kenrick 1997], nom. cl. inval. Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30). [inferred]

Synonyms

Vernacular name: embryophytes ([unranked]) Ref: M.A. Ruggiero et al., 2015b: table 2 (p. 30). [inferred]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: land plants Ref: Puttick et al., 2018: 733.
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