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Racheophryta, All Three Were Listed by Kenrick Cade Than Pan-Tracheophyta and M. in P. D. Cantino et al. Pan-TracheophytaP D. Cantino Donoghue . J. converted clade name (2007): 830 .P. D. Cantino ana Donognuej, inclusive clade if Registration Number: 83 a synapomorphy of a more Anthocerotae is the extant sister group of tra- some a that has received The total clade of the crown clade cheophytes, hypothesis Definition: et 2004; Wolf crown-based total-clade molecular support (Kelch al., Tracheophyta. This is a et 2006, 2007; however, Abbreviated definition: total V of et al., 2005; Qiu al., defnition. Another see Wickett et al., 2014). possible syn- Tracheophyta. apomorphy of Pan-7racheophyta is the produc- Kato and tion of a stem, if Akiyama From the or pantos (all, sporophyte Greek pan- not homolo- Etymology: correct that the stem is the name refers to a (2005) are the whole), indicating that in this with the bryophyte seta. total clade, and Tracheophyta (see entry gous for the name of the corre- volume etymology), defined names sponding crown clade. Synonyms: The phylogenetically Polysporangiomorpha (Kenrick and Crane, 1997) and Kenrick, Reference Phylogeny: Crane et al. (2004: Fig. and Polysporangiophyta (Crane as base of the 1997) have the same known composition 1; the clade stemming from the but potentially refer to differ- branch labeled "Polysporangiophytes"). See also Pan-Tracheophyta Kenrick and Crane (1997: Fig. 4.31). t clades (see Comments). Comments: The definition of Pan-Tracheophyta Composition: Tracheophyta (this volume) one we used when we first and all extinct plants (e-g Aglaophyton, is identical to the the name (Cantino et al., 2007). Horneophytopsida, and Rhyniopsida sensu published The name Polysporangiomorpha (polysporan- Kenrick and Crane 1997) that share more and Crane than with sensu Kenrick (1997: recent ancestry with Tracheophyta giophytes) Table 7.2, 4.31) has an apomorphy-based extant Musci (mosses), Hepaticae (liverworts), Fig. definition and thus is unlikely to be fully and Anthocerotae (hornworts). Its cur- synonymous with Pan-Tracheophyta. known is the same as Diagnostic Apomorphies: An independent rently composition that of Pan-Tracheophyta, but there may have 9porophyte, multiple sporangia, and sunken been that preceded the are of P'an- pan-tracheophytes archegonia possible synapomorphies evolution of multiple sporangia. Similarly, racheophryta, All three were listed by Kenrick sensu Crane and Kenrick Table 7.2) as Polysporangiophyta ane(997: synapomorphies as both of Polysporangiomorpha ("polysporangiophytes (1997) has the same known composition of and Polysporangiomorpha, Crane et al., 2004; a less inclusive Pan-Tracheophyta slightly definition and ch but its name has a node-based Cade than Pan-Tracheophyta; see The order in which the three featuresCommen5evolved thus the clade Polysporangiophyta may be less is not known. inclusive than either of other two. The three Wn. Moreover, sunken archegonia the aln be if a also names would no longer synonyms fossil l00Cur in Anthocerotae (Kenrick and Crane, 7: Fig. 3.33, pp. 63-64) and thus may be were to be found in the future that possesses an intermediate combination of ancestral and D. W. Taylor, C. M. Testa, M. Ambros, B. derived states of the three characters mentioned Crandall-Stotler, R.J. Duff, M. Stech, W. Frey, C. Davis. above as possible synapomorphies (for example, D. Quandt, and C. 2006. The deep. est divergences in land plants inferred from a sporophyte that is dependent on the gameto- phylogenomic evidence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci phyte throughout its life, as is the case in bryo- USA 103:15511-15516. phytes, but has more than one sporangium). Wickett, N. J., S. Mirarab, N. Nguyen, T. Warnow, E. Carpenter, N. Matasci, S Literature Cited Ayyampalayam, M. S. Barker, J. G. Burleigh, M. A. Gitzendanner, B. R. Ruhfel, E. Wafula, Cantino, P. D., J. A. Doyle, S. W. Graham, W. S. J. P. Der, S. W. Graham, S. Mathews, M. Judd, R. G. Olmstead, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, Melkonian, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, N. W and M. J. Donoghue. 2007. Towards a phylo- Miles, C. J. Rochfels, L. Pokorny, A. J. Shaw, genetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta. Taxon L. DeGironimo, D. W. Stevenson, B. Surek, 56:822-846 and E1-E44. J.C. Villarreal, B. Roure, H. Philippe, C. W. Crane, P. R., P. Herendeen, and E. M. Friis. 2004. dePamphilis, T. Chen, M. K. Deyholos, R. S. Fossils and plant phylogeny. Am. J. Bot. Baucom, T. M. Kutchan, M. M. Augustin, J. 91:1683-1699. Wang, Y. Zhang, Z. Tian, Z. Yan, X. Wu, X. Crane, P. R., and P. Kenrick. 1997. Problems in cla- Sun, G. K. Wong, and J.Leebens-Mack. 014. distic classification: higher-level relationships Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and in land plants. Aliso 15:87-104. early diversification of land plants. Proc. Narl. Kato, M., and H. Akiyama. 2005. Interpolation Acad. Sci. USA 111:E4859-E4868. hypothesis for origin of the vegetative sporo- Wolf, P.G., K. G. Karol, D. F. Mandoli, J. Kuehl, K. phyte of land plants. Taxon 54:443-450. Arumuganathan, M. W. Ellis, B. D. Mishler, Kelch, D. G., A. Driskell, and B. D. Mishler. 2004. D. G. Kelch, R. G. Olmstead, and J. L. Boore. Inferring phylogeny using genomic characters: 2005. The first complete chloroplast genome a case study using land plant plastomes. Pp. sequence of a lycophyte, Huperzia hucidula 3-11 in Molecular Systematics of Bryophytes (B. (Lycopodiaceae). Gene (Amst.) 350:117-128. Gofinet, V. Hollowell, and R. Magill, eds.). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, MO. Authors Kenrick, P., and P. R. Crane. 1997. The Origin D. and Early Land PlantsA Philip Cantino; Department of Environmental Diversification of and Plant Cladistic Study. Smithsonian Institution Press, Biology; Ohio University; Athens, Washington, DC. OH 45701, USA. Email: Michael [email protected] Qiu, Y-L., L. Li, B. Wang, Z. Chen, O. Dombrovska, J. Donoghue; Department of Ecology and J. Lee, L. Kent, R. Li, R. W. Jobson, T. A. Evolutionary Biology; Yale University; P.O. Hendry, D. W. Taylor, C. M. Testa, and M. Box 208106; New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Ambros. Email: [email protected]. 2007. A nonflowering land plant phy- inferred logeny from nucleotide sequences of seven chloroplast, mitochondrial, and nuclear Date Accepted: 1 April 2011; updated 9 genes. Int. ]. Plant Sci. 168:691-708. February 2018 Qiu, Y.-L., L. B. Li, \Wang, Z. Chen, V. Knoop, M. Grorh-Malonek, O. Dombrovska, J. Lee, L. Kent, Primary Editor: Kevin de J. Rest, G. F. Estabrook, T. A. Hendry, Queiroz 228 P. D. Cantino and M. J. Donoghue in al. Apo-Tracheophyta(2007): E10[P. D. Cantino and M. J. Donoghue], convertedP. D. clade Cantinoname et Registration Number: 15 Synonyms: Based on composition, Crane Tracheophyta sensu Kenrick and (1997: Definition: The clade characterized by the apo- Tables 7.1, 7.2, p. 236) is an approximate syn- Kenrick and Crane (1997: morphy tracheids (i.e., differentially thickened onym. Although as a water-conducting cells) as inherited by Pinus 236) listed Tracheidatae Bremer (1985) sylvestris Linnaeus 1753. This is an apomorphy- synonym of their "Eutracheophytes," imply- based definition. Abbreviated definition: V apo ing that that Tracheidatae referred to the crown Bremer's comments tracheids [Pinus sylvestris Linnaeus 1753]. group, it is clear from (p. to be 382) that he considered rhyniopsids part Etymology: From the Greek apo-, indicating of Tracheidatae; thus, based on composition, that the name reters to an apomorphy-based Tracheidatae is an approximate synonym of clade, and Tracheophyta (see entry in this vol Apo-Tracheophyta. Preridophyta of some earlier ume for etymology). authors (e.g., Haupt, 1953) is a partial synonym; the pteridophytes originated from the same Reference Phylogeny: The primary reference ancestor as Apo-Tracheophyta but are paraphy- phylogeny is Crane et al. 2004: Fig. 1; the clade letic because they exclude Apo-Spermatophyta labeled "Tracheophytes"). See also Kenrick sensu Cantino and Donoghue (this volume). and Crane (1997: Fig 4.31; the clade labeled Tracheophyta). Comments: Although the name Tracheophbyta is often applied to this apomorphy-based Composition: Assuming that tracheids with clade, we opted here and previously (Cantino S-type and G-type cell walls (see Kenrick et al., 2007) to apply that name instead to the and Crane, 1997: Fig. 4.26) are homologous, crown clade, following PhyloCode (version 6) Apo-Tracheophyta includes Tracheophyta sensu Recommendation 10.1B, and a new name to Cantino and Donoghue (this volume) and the apomorphy-based clade. and Crane Rhyniopsida sensu Kenrick (1997) Rhyniaceae in the primary reference phylogeny). Literature Cited Under the alternative hypothesis that these tra- cheid types evolved independently, Rhyniopsida Bremer, K. 1985. Summary of green plant phylog- and eny and classification. ladistics 1:369-385. would not be of Apo-Tracheophyta, part Cantino, P. D., J. A. Doyle, S. W. Graham, W. S. the currently known membership of Apo- Judd, R. G. Olmstead, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, would be the Tracheophyta and Tracheophyta and M. J. Donoghue. 2007. Towards a phylo- same. genetic nomenclature of Tracheoplhyta. Taxon 56:822-846 and E1-E44 Diagnostic Apomorphies: Tracheids (see Crane, P. R., P. Herendeen, and E. M. Friis. 2004. Definition), and possibly lignin deposition Fossils and plant phylogeny. Am. J. Bot wall on the inner surface of the tracheid cell 91:1683-1699. Haupt, A. W. 1953. Plant Morphology. McGraw-Hil (Kenrick and Crane, 1997: Table 7.2, under New York. Tracheophryt). Apo-Tracheophyta Kenrick, P., and P. R. Crane. 1997. 7he Origin Michael J. Donoghue; Department of Ecology and and Early Diversification of Land Plants-A Evolutionary Biology; Yale Universiry; P.O. Cladistic Study. Smithsonian Institution Press, Box 208106; New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Washington, DC. Email: [email protected]. Authors Date Accepted: 1 April 2011; updated 9 February 2018 Philip D.
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