life
 see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
  
 Empire Eukaryota (Chatton, 1925)
 see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
    
 Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
      
 Subkingdom Viridiplantae Caval.-Sm. (1981) - green plants
        
 Infrakingdom Cormophyta Caval.-Sm. (1998) - embryophytes
 see Subkingdom Viridaeplantae Cavalier-Sm. (1981)
          
 Phylum Tracheophyta Sinnott ex Caval.-Sm. (1998) - vascular plants
            
 Subphylum Pteridophytina (Eichler) Cavalier-Sm. (1998) [paraphyletic] - pteridophytes
 see Infraphylum Moniliformopses Kenrick & P.R.Crane (1997), nom. inval.
              
 Infraphylum Filices (L.) Cavalier-Sm. (1998) [paraphyletic?] - ferns
 see Class Polypodiopsida Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. (1966)