Tracheophyte phylogeny poster - Vascular plants: systematics and characteristics
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Biodiversity, Evolutionary Studies, Plant Science, Taxonomy, Science and Medical Education
- Keywords
- Plant systematics, Botany, Evolution, Plant classification, Systematic botany, Lycophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms, Phylogeny, Plants
- Copyright
- © 2016 Cole et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2016. Tracheophyte phylogeny poster - Vascular plants: systematics and characteristics. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2614v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2614v1
Abstract
The "Tracheophyte Phylogeny Poster – Vascular Plants: Systematics and Characteristics" is an educational tool presenting an overview of the evolutionary relationships among vascular plants as of 2016. The phylogenetic tree depicts orders and families (incl. genera in gymnosperms), listing the main apomorphies and plesiomorphies as well as diagnostic and nondiagnostic anatomical and morphological features. The intuitive color-coding facilitates memorization and teaching. Translations of the poster into various languages are being made available. The recommendations of the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group (PPG) are followed here. This is one in a series of three educational posters on the phylogeny of land plants: Poster 1: "Angiosperms", Poster 2: "Tracheophytes: Lycophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms", Poster 3: "Bryophytes: Liverworts, Mosses, Hornworts".
Author Comment
This poster was created as a teaching support tool to gain a better understanding and overview of the evolutionary relationships among vascular plants (here, in particular, lycophytes, ferns, and gymnosperms).