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Pteridaceae
| Description | Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recognized as separate families: the adiantoid, cheilanthoid, pteroid, and hemionitidoid ferns. Relationships among these groups remain unclear, and although some recent genetic analyses of the Pteridales suggest that neither the family Pteridaceae nor the major groups within it are all monophyletic, as yet these analyses are insufficiently comprehensive and robust to provide good support for a revision of the order at the family level. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Polypodiales : Pteridaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Polypodiales : Pteridaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pteridaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Schul-Bot.: 109. 13-20 Oct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (13%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | イノモトソウ, Maidenhair Ferns, Kantbräkenväxter, Venushårsväxter, Ptéridacées, Maidenhair Fern Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridaceae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acrostichum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Actiniopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Adianthum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Adiantopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Adiantopteris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Adiantum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aleuritopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Allosorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ananthacorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anogramma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Antrophyopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Antrophyum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Argyrochosma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspidotis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Aspleniopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Astrolepis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Austrogramme genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Bommeria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Calciphilopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ceratopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cerosora genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cheilanthes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cheiloplecton genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coniogramme genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Contignisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 40 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Cosentinia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cryptogramma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diplothmema genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Doryopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gaga genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gastoniella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Haplopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hecistopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemionanthes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemionitis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Jamesonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Llavea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lytoneuron genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mickelopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mildella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myriopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Notholaena genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Oeosporangium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Onychium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ormopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Paragymnopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pellaea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pentagramma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pityrogramma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platyloma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Polytaenium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pomataphytum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pteris genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 48 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pterozonium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Radiovittaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rheopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Scoliosorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Syngramma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Taenitis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trachypteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tryonia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vaginularia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vittaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Loxomopsis costaricensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pelea cymbiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2000 | Pteridaceae Mabberley |
| 2007 | Pteridaceae Cladera et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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