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Gleicheniaceae
| Description | The forked ferns are the family Gleicheniaceae, which includes six genera and about 160 known species. The formerly independent families Dicranopteridaceae and Stromatopteridaceae are generally included in the Gleicheniaceae, whereas the Dipteridaceae and Matoniaceae, although closely related, are considered separate families by most authors. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleicheniaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Gleicheniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Gleicheniales : Gleicheniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Gleicheniaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Reliq. Haenk.: 1: 70. Jun-Nov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 39 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (7.7%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 252 - 247 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. J. Phipps, B. J. Axsmith, and T. N. Taylor, E. L. Taylor. 2000. Gleichenipteris antarcticus gen. et sp. nov. from the Triassic of Antarctica. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 108:75-83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Forking Ferns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleicheniaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Asterocarpus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Boodlepteris ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Clavifera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 85 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Dicranopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Didymosorus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Diplopterygium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gleichenella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gleichenia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 71 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gleicheniidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 379 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Gleichenipteris genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Gleichenites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Microphyllopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 252 Ma Permian | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Oligocarpia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ornamentifera ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 47 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Sticherus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stromatopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Stromatopteridaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Stromatopteridaceae |
| Dicranopteridaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Gleicheniales : Dicranopteridaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1995 | Gleicheniaceae McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Gleicheniaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Gleicheniaceae Jud |
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!
