The composition of the clade varies considerably between authors, but the definition employed here includes land plants and all green algae except the Chlorophyta and the more basal Prasinodermophyta.

[9][10] These earlier classifications have not taken into account that the Coleochaetophyceae and the Zygnemophyceae appear to have emerged in the Charophyceae + Embryophyta clade, resulting in the synonymy of the Phragmoplastophyta and Streptophytina/Streptophyta sensu stricto (a.k.a.

[12][13][14] Mesostigma viride (Mesostigmatophyceae s.s.) Spirotaenia Chlorokybophyceae Klebsormidiophyceae Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Coleochaetophyceae Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.)

Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Marchantiophyta (Liverworts) Bryophyta (Mosses) †Horneophytopsida Tracheophyta Streptofilum, described in 2018,[15] appears to bring in a new branching.

[16] Mesostigmatophyceae Chlorokybophyceae Streptofilum Klebsormidiophyceae Charophyceae (Stoneworts & musk grasses) Zygnematophyceae (desmids, water silk etc.)