Name edit

  • Metaphyta

Classifications edit

MacMillan (1892) edit

Suggestions on the Classification of Metaphyta (1892), [1]. The Metaspermæ of the Minnesota Valley (1892), [2].


[In Plantae (L.)]

  • Protophyta
  • Metaphyta
    • Gamophyta
    • Sporophyta
      • Thallophyta
      • Archegoniatae
      • Metaspermae


Haeckel (1894) edit

From Systematische phylogenie, 3 vols (vol. 1, Protisten und Pflanzen, 1894; vol. 2, Invertebrata, 1896; vol. 3, Vertebrata, 1895). [3]. See Kluge (2004-2014), [4].


[Vol. 1, p. 90-91:]

  • Pflanzen
    • Protophyta (Protista plasmodoma) [Vol. 1, p. 96]
      • Archephyta (Progonella)
        • Probiontes
        • Chromaceae (Phycochromaceae)
      • Algariae (Paulosporata)
        • Paulotomeae
        • Conjugatae
        • Diatomeae
      • Algettae (Zoosporata)
        • Mastigota
        • Melethallia
        • Siphoneae
    • Metaphyta (Histones plasmodomi) [Vol. 1, p. 256]
      • Thallophyta
        • Algae, [Vol. 1, p. 302]
          • Chlorophyceae
          • Charaphyceae
          • Phaeophyceae
          • Rhodophyceae
        • Mycetes [Vol. 1, p. 316]
          • Ascomycetes (Ascodiomycetes)
          • Basimycetes (Basidiomycetes)
        • Lichenes [Vol. 1, p. 325]
      • Diaphyta [Vol. 1, p. 330]
        • Bryophyta [Vol. 1, p. 336]
        • Pteridophyta
      • Anthophyta
        • Gymnospermae
        • Angiospermae
  • Thieren
    • Protozoa (Protista plasmophaga) [Vol. 1, p. 138]
      • Archezoa (= Zoarchega)
        • Bacteria (= Bactromonera)
          • Coccillida
          • Bacillida
          • Spirillida
        • Zoomonera (= Monera s. str.)
          • Lobomonera
          • Rhizomonera
      • Fungilli (= Sporozoa)
      • Rhizopoda
      • Infusoria
    • Metazoa (Histones plasmophagi)
      • Coelenteria (Acoelomia)
        • Gastraeades
        • Spongiae
        • Cnidaria
        • Platodes
      • Bilateria (Coelomaria)
        • Helminthes
        • Mollusca
        • Articulata
        • Echinoderma
        • Tunicata
        • Vertebrata

Whittaker (1969) edit

From New Concepts of Kingdoms of Organisms, [5].


  • Kingdom Monera
  • Kingdom Protista
  • Kingdom Plantae
    • Subkingdom Rhodophycophyta
      • Phylum Rhodophyta
    • Subkingdom Phaeophycophyta
      • Phylum Phaeophyta
    • Subkingdom Euchlorophyta
      • Branch Chlorophycophyta
        • Phylum Chlorophyta
        • Phylum Charophyta
      • Branch Metaphyta
        • Phylum Bryophyta
        • Phylum Tracheophyta
  • Kingdom Fungi
  • Kingdom Animalia