The glossophytes are a clade of seed plants comprising the glossopterids and their descendants.

This includes the Gnetales and angiosperms, as well as Bennettitales.

[1] Their monophyly is rather well supported by molecular methods, although their internal relationships are somewhat more shaky.

[1] The clade had diverged by the Permian, when glossopterids appear in the fossil record.

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