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===Phylogeny=== The extant lycophytes are [[vascular plant]]s (tracheophytes) with [[Microphylls and megaphylls|microphyllous leaves]], distinguishing them from the [[euphyllophyte]]s (plants with [[Microphylls and megaphylls|megaphyllous leaves]]). The sister group of the extant lycophytes and their closest extinct relatives are generally believed to be the [[zosterophyll]]s, a [[Paraphyly|paraphyletic]] or [[plesion]] group. Ignoring some smaller extinct taxa, the evolutionary relationships are as shown below.<ref name=KenrCran97a/><ref name=Maus14/><ref name=PPGI/> {{clade |label1=[[Vascular plant|tracheophytes]] |sublabel1= (vascular plants)  |1={{clade |label1=lycophytes |sublabel1= (broadly defined)  |1={{clade |label1=β [[zosterophyll]]s |1= (multiple branches, ''[[incertae sedis]]'') |state1=double |label2='''lycopodiopsida''' |2= living lycophytes and<br/> their extinct close relatives }} |label2=[[euphyllophyte]]s |2={{clade |1= [[fern]]s & [[Equisetales|horsetail]]s |2= [[spermatophyte]]s<br/> (seed plants) }} }} }} {{As of|2019}}, there was broad agreement, supported by both molecular and morphological evidence, that the extant lycophytes fell into three groups, treated as orders in PPG I, and that these, both together and individually, are [[Monophyly|monophyletic]], being related as shown in the cladogram below:<ref name=PPGI/> {{clade |label1= extant lycophytes  |1={{clade |1= [[Lycopodiales]]  |2={{clade |1= [[Isoetales]] |2= [[Selaginellales]] }} }} }}
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