Plants — Major divisions

• Green plants · Viridiplantae
  • Green algae · (This is exactly equivalent to 'Viridiplantae', but for historical reasons, it's still considered equivalent to 'Aquatic plants')
    • Aquatic plants vs land plants
      • Aquatic plants ‡ (Taxonomically they begin with green algae)
      • Land plants · 'Embryophytes' (Taxonomically they lie under aquatic plants)
        • Non-vascular plants vs vascular plants
          • Non-vascular plants ?
          • Vascular plants ?
            • Non-seed plants vs seed plants
              • Non-seed plants †
              • Seed plants ? 'Spermatophytes'
                • Gymnosperms vs angiosperms
                  • Gymnosperms † Gymnospermae
                    • Acrogymnospermae
                  • Angiosperms · Angiospermae; 'Flowering plants' (Taxonomically they lie under Gymnospermae)

· Monophyletic

† Paraphyletic

‡ Polyphyletic