Thephylogenetic position of the barinophytes remains disputed. Kenrick and Crane in 1997 called the group the Barinophytaceae and placed it in theirSawdoniales, well nested within thezosterophylls.[3] Taylor et al. in 2009 considered the barinophytes to be possible lycopsids rather than zosterophylls.[4] Hao and Xue in 2013 suggested that they were not lycopsids, instead falling between this group and theeuphyllophytes.[5]
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^Cichan, M.; Taylor, T.; Brauer, D. (1984). "Ultrastructural studies ofin situ Devonian spores:Protobarinophyton pennsylvanicum Brauer".Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology.41 (3–4): 167.doi:10.1016/0034-6667(84)90044-7.
^Kenrick, Paul & Crane, Peter R. (1997).The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 172.ISBN978-1-56098-730-7.
^Taylor, T.N.; Taylor, E.L. & Krings, M. (2009).Paleobotany, The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants (2nd ed.). Amsterdam; Boston: Academic Press. pp. 325–326.ISBN978-0-12-373972-8.
