tracheophytes

Noun

tracheophyte (plural tracheophytes)

1. Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
   • By virtue of the presence and absence of vascular tissues, the tracheophytes and the bryophytes were also considered two distinctly different levels of anatomical organization. Largely for these reasons, the bryophytes and the tracheophytes are traditionally viewed as two distinct lineages, though...1997, Karl J. Niklas, The Evolutionary Biology of Plants, page 179

   Synonyms:

   vascular plant