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Osmundaceae
| Description | The Osmundaceae (royal fern family) is a family of four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species. It is the only fern family of the order Osmundales an order in the class Polypodiopsida (ferns) or in some classifications the only order in the class Osmundopsida. This is an ancient (known from the Upper Permian) and fairly isolated group that is often known as the "flowering ferns" because of the striking aspect of the ripe sporangia in Claytosmunda, Osmunda, Osmundastrum, and Plensium (subtribe Osmundinae). In these genera the sporangia are borne naked on non-laminar pinnules, while Todea and Leptopteris (subtribe Todinae) bear sporangia naked on laminar pinnules. Ferns in this family are larger than most other ferns. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmundaceae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Osmundaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Tekhno-Bot. Slovar: 445. 3 Aug | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (6.9%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 272 - 269 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Safsaväxter, Rispenfarngewächse, Osmondacées, Flowering Fern Family, Royal Fern Family, Royal Ferns, Koningsvarenfamilie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmundaceae |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Anomopteris ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 12 | 252 Ma Permian | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Cladophlebis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2,334 | 290 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Claytosmunda genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Leptopteris genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Millerocaulis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Osmunda genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Osmundacaulis genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Osmundastrum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Osmundopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 46 | 252 Ma Permian | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Phyllopteroides ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Plenasium genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rotverrusporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Rugulatisporites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 68 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Scolopendrites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stellatheca genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 323 Ma Carboniferous | 307 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Todea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Todites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 334 | 272 Ma Permian | 152 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Chinlea campii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coniopteris tambergensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1967 | Osmundaceae Jain and Delevoryas |
| 1977 | Osmundaceae Hickey |
| 1993 | Osmundaceae McIver and Basinger |
| 1995 | Osmundaceae McLoughlin et al. |
| 2000 | Osmundaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Osmundaceae 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!
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