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In Biology , the equivalent of a Phylum in the Plant or the Fungal Kingdom is called a division. The main plant divisions, in the order in which they probably evolved, are the Liverworts (Division Marchantiophyta), the Hornwort s (Division Anthocerophyta), the Moss es (Division Bryophyta), the Fern s (Division Filicophyta), the Horsetail s (Division Sphenophyta), the Cycad s (Division Cycadophyta), the Ginkgo (Division Ginkgophyta), the Conifers (Division Pinophyta), the Gnetophytes (Division Gnetophyta), and the Angiosperm s (Division Magnoliophyta). Angiosperms are the Flower ing plants that now dominate the plant world (80% of all Vascular plants are angiosperms). In Zoology , the term ''division'' is applied to an optional rank subordinate to the Infraclass and superordinate to the Cohort . A widely used classification (e.g. Carroll 1988) recognises Teleost fishes as a Division Teleostei within Class Actinopterygii (the ray-finned fishes). Less commonly (as in Milner 1988), living Tetrapods are ranked as Divisions Amphibia and Amniota within the Clade of vertebrates with fleshy limbs ( Sarcopterygii ). REFERENCES
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