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Cyatheaceae
| Description | The Cyatheaceae are a family of tree ferns, the scaly tree ferns, one of eight families in the order Cyatheales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may defined much more broadly (Cyatheaceae sensu lato) as the only family in the Cyatheales, with the PPG I family treated as the subfamily Cyatheoideae. The narrower circumscription is used in this article. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyatheaceae, 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 : Cyatheales : Cyatheaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Cyatheales : Cyatheaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cyatheaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Wesen Farrenkr.: [119]. Jul-Sep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (25%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. W. Berry. 1922. The flora of the Concepcion-Arauco coal measures of Chile. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 4:73-143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyatheaceae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Alsophila genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Alsophilidites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Alsophilocaulis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
| Cyathea genus | listed (PBDB) | 82 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cyathea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | Tree Fern | 4 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
| Cyathidaria genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocyathea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hymenophyllopsis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kulyisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 55.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Sphaeropteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Lophosoriaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Lophosoriaceae |
| Hymenophyllopsidaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Hymenophyllopsidaceae |
| Alsophilaceae | GBIF | family | Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Cyatheales : Alsophilaceae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1941 | Cyatheaceae MacGinitie |
| 1977 | Cyatheaceae Hickey |
| 1991 | Cyatheaceae Carpenter |
| 2003 | Cyatheaceae Smith 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!
