Streptophyta


Streptophyta, informally the streptophytes, is a clade of plants. The composition of the clade varies considerably between authors, but the definition employed here includes land plants and all green algae except the Chlorophyta and possibly the more basal Mesostigmatophyceae, Chlorokybophyceae, and Spirotaenia.

Classifications

The composition of the Streptophyta and similar groups varies in each classification. Some authors are more restrictive, including only the Charales and Embryophyta, others include more groups.
These earlier classifications have not taken into account that the Coleochaetophyceae and the Zygnemophyceae appear to have emerged in the Charophyceae + Embryophyta clade, resulting in the synonymy of the Phragmoplastophyta and Streptophytina/Streptophyta sensu stricto nomenclature.

Jeffrey, 1967

Please note the taxonomic name system inconsistency of the Kingdom in Class classification.