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and land plant plesiomorphies (e.g., spore dispersal and the absence of seeds).

Taxonomy

Phylogeny

Of the pteridophytes, ferns account for nearly 90% of the extant diversity. Smith et al. (2006), the first higher-level pteridophyte classification published in the molecular phylogenetic era, considered the ferns as monilophytes, as follows:

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