Position in a system
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Bikonta - bikonts |
| Corticata | |
| Archaeplastida | |
| kingdom | Plantae Haeckel - plants |
| divisio | Rhyniophyta Cronq., Takht. et Zimmerm. † |
| class | Rhyniopsida Krysht. † |
| order | Rhyniales Zimmerm. † |
| family | Rhyniaceae Kidston et Lang † |
| genus | Rhynia Kidst. & W.H.Lang † |