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Polypodiales

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Polypodiales Link p. 5
2007Polypodiales Cladera et al.
2011Polypodiales Jud
2013Polypodiales Wen et al.
2016Polypodiales I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
orderPolypodiales

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Polypodiales Link 1833
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Subor. †Aspleniineae Schneid and Rothf
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Fm. †Aspleniaceae Newman
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G. Asplenium Linnaeus 1753
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Asplenium albertum Dawson 1885
Asplenium cecilensis Berry 1911
Asplenium coloradense Knowlton 1917
Asplenium crossii Knowlton 1898
Asplenium dubium Fontaine 1889
Asplenium eolignitica Berry 1916
Asplenium foersteri Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
Asplenium haguei Knowlton 1899
Asplenium hurleyensis Berry 1916
Asplenium iddingsi Knowlton 1899
Asplenium issiacense Fritel 1910
Asplenium jerseyensis Berry 1911
Asplenium magnum Knowlton 1899
Asplenium martinianum Dawson 1885
Asplenium neomexicanum Knowlton 1916
Asplenium niobrara Dawson 1882
Asplenium primero Knowlton 1917
Asplenium raritanense Berry 1909
Asplenium remotidens Knowlton 1899
Asplenium subcretaceum Saporta 1868
Asplenium tenellum Knowlton 1900
Asplenium wyomingense Knowlton 1900
Fm. Onocleaceae Pichi-Sermolli 1970
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G. Onoclea Linnaeus 1753
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Onoclea fecunda Lesquereux 1872
Onoclea hesperia Hickey 1977
Onoclea inquirenda Hollick 1904
Onoclea minima Knowlton 1899
Onoclea neomexicana Knowlton 1916
Onoclea sensibilis Linnaeus 1753
Fm. Thelypteridaceae Pichi-Sermolli 1970
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Subfm. Phegopteridoideae Salino et al. 2016
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G. Phegopteris Fée 1852
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Phegopteris grothiana Heer 1883
Phegopteris guyottii Lesquereux 1883
Phegopteris praecuspidata Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Subfm. Thelypteridoideae Reed 1963
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G. Cyclosorus Link 1833
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G. Thelypteris Schmidel 1763
Fm. Athyriaceae Alston 1956
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G. †Dickwhitea Karafit et al. 2006
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Dickwhitea allenbyensis Karafit et al. 2006
G. Diplazium Swartz 1800 [twinsorus fern]
Subor. Dennstaedtiineae Schwartsb and Hovenkamp 2016
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Fm. Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy 1909
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G. †Dennastra McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Dennstaedtia Bernhardi 1800
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Dennstaedtia americana Knowlton 1910
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Invalid names: Asplenium tenerum Lesquereux 1883 [synonym], Sphenopteris blomstrandi Heer 1868 [synonym]
Dennstaedtia concava Bolchovitina 1956
Dennstaedtia fremonti Hall 1843
Dennstaedtia sorimarginata McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Histiopteris Smith 1875
G. Hypolepis Bernhardi 1805
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Hypolepis coloradensis Cockerell 1909
G. Microlepia Presl 1836
G. †Microlepiopsis Serbet and Rothwell 2003
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Microlepiopsis aulenbackii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
Microlepiopsis bramanii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
G. Pteridium Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
G. †Karstenia Goeppert 1836
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Karstenia omphalostigma Goeppert 1836
Subor. Lindsaeineae Lehtonen and Tuomisto 2016
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Fm. Lindsaeaceae [lace fern]
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G. †Odontosorites Kobayashi and Yosida 1944
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Odontosorites heerianus Yokoyama 1944
G. Tapeinidium Christensen 1906
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Tapeinidium undulatum Hall 1842
Subor. Polypodiineae Dumort 1829
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Fm. Davalliaceae Schomb 1848
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G. Davallia Smith 1793
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Davallia montana Knowlton 1899
Davallia walkeri Conran et al. 2010
Invalid names: Humata Cavanilles 1802 [synonym]
Fm. Dryopteridaceae Herter 1949
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G. Athyrium Roth 1800
G. †Ctenis Lindley and Hutton 1834
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Ctenis auriculata Fontaine 1896
Ctenis falcata Lindley and Hutton 1834
Ctenis grandifolia Fontaine 1896
Ctenis imbricata Fontaine 1889
Ctenis imjhiriensis Bose and Zeba-Bano 1979
Ctenis orovillensis Fontaine 1896
Ctenis sulcicaulis Phillips 1829
Ctenis wardii Fontaine 1896
Subfm. Dryopteridoideae Link 1841
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G. Dryopteris Adanson 1763
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Dryopteris arguta Lesquereux 1868
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Invalid names: Aspidium lakesii Lesquereux 1878 [synonym], Sphenopteris membranacea Lesquereux 1873 [synonym]
Dryopteris civica Dawson 1896
Dryopteris cladophleboides Knowlton 1918
Dryopteris coloradensis Knowlton 1917
Dryopteris gleichenoides Knowlton 1901
Dryopteris indica Sharma 1971
Dryopteris kennerlyi Newberry 1863
Dryopteris kootaniensis Knowlton 1907
Dryopteris lakesii Knowlton 1930
Dryopteris lloydii Knowlton 1915
Dryopteris montanensis Fontaine 1892
Dryopteris nigricans Lesquereux 1873
Dryopteris polypodioides Ettingshausen 1873
Dryopteris scansa Cockerell 1908
Dryopteris serrata Brown 1962
Dryopteris seymouriensis Dusén 1908
Dryopteris weedii Knowlton 1899
Dryopteris xantholithensis Knowlton 1899
G. Polystichum Roth 1799
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Polystichum hillsianum Hollick 1902
G. Nephrodium Smith 1841
G. †Olfersites Guembel 1859
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Olfersites dichotomus Guembel 1859
Invalid names: Schizeites Guembel 1859 [replaced]
Invalid names: Elaphoglossoideae Pichi-Sermolli 1975 [empty], Polybotryoideae Liu and Zhang 2016 [empty]
Fm. Nephrolepidaceae Pichi-Sermolli 1975
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G. Nephrolepis Schott 1834
Fm. Oleandraceae Pichi-Sermolli 1965
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G. Oleandra Cavanilles 1801
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Oleandra arctica Heer 1874
Oleandra graminaefolia Knowlton 1907
Invalid names: Lomariopsidaceae Alston 1956 [empty]
G. †Polypodiisporites Potonié 1931
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Polypodiisporites echinatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiisporites favus Potonie 1956
Polypodiisporites impariter Potonié and Sah 1960
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Invalid names: Polypodiaceaesporites tuberculensis Baksi 1962 [synonym]
Polypodiisporites inangahuensis Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Polypodiisporites ipsviciensis Playford and Dettmann 1965
Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknal and Mildenhall 1984
Polypodiisporites mawkmaensis Dutta and Sah 1970
Polypodiisporites minimus Khan and Martin 1971
Polypodiisporites oligocenicus Sah and Dutta 1968
Polypodiisporites pachyexinatus Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
Polypodiisporites radiatus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Polypodiisporites speciosus Sah and Dutta 1968
Subor. Pteridineae Prado and Schuettp 2016
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Fm. Pteridaceae Reichenbach
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G. †Adiantopteris Vassilevskaja 1963
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Adiantopteris tripinnata Cladera et al. 2007
Subfm. Cheilanthoideae Horvat 1927
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G. Cheilanthes Swartz 1806 [lip fern]
G. Pellaea Link 1841 [cliffbrake]
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Pellaea antiquella Cockerell 1908
G. †Contignisporites Dettmann 1963
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Contignisporites burgeri Filatoff and Price 1988
Contignisporites burgerii Filatoff and Price 1988
Contignisporites cooksonae Dettmann 1963
Contignisporites cooksoniae Dettmann 1963
Contignisporites cooksonii Dettmann 1963
Contignisporites crenatus Varma and Ramanujam 1984
Contignisporites dettmannii Singh and Kumar 1966
Contignisporites fornicatus Dettmann 1963
Contignisporites kutchensis Venkatachala et al. 1968
Contignisporites medeae Filatoff and Price 1988
Contignisporites psilatus Singh and Kumar 1966
Contignisporites triletus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Subfm. Cryptogrammoideae Lindsay 2009
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G. Coniogramme Fée 1852
G. Cryptogramma Brown 1823 [fern]
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Cryptogramma crispa Linnaeus 1753
G. Eriosorus Fée 1852
G. †Kolymella Samylina and Filipova 1970
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Kolymella raevskii Samylina and Filipova 1970
G. Onychium Kaulfuss 1820
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Onychium japonicum Thunberg 1784
Subfm. Pteridoideae Link 1841
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G. Pteris Linnaeus 1753
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Pteris affinis Lesquereux 1873
Pteris bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1878
Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
Pteris idahoensis Knowlton 1898
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Invalid names: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
G. †Pterisisporites Sung and Zheng
Subfm. Vittarioideae Link 1841
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G. Adiantum Linnaeus 1753
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Adiantum anastomosum Brown 1940
Adiantum apalophyllum Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
Adiantum montanensis Knowlton 1907
Adiantum peruvianum Klotzsch 1844
Subor. Saccolomatineae Hovenkamp 2016
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Fm. Saccolomataceae Doweld 2008
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G. Saccoloma Kaulfuss 1820
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Saccoloma gardneri Lesquereux 1873
G. †Saportaea Fontaine and White 1880
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Saportaea dichotoma Frenguelli 1942
Saportaea salisburioides Fontaine and White 1880
Invalid names: Drynariaceae Ching 1978 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Carboniferous to the top of the Holocene or 358.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 298.9 Ma

Collections (605 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9Canada (New Brunswick) Saportaea dispar (12426 12721)
Autunian298.9 - 295.0Israel Polypodiisporites mutabilis (31561 31562 31563 31568)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Saportaea sp. (11149)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian265.1 - 254.17China (Hebei) Saportaea sp. 1 (29860)
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Tajikistan Asplenium sp. 1 (30902)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Chile Saportaea dichotoma (201288)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Hunan) Ctenis sp. 1 (29638)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Ctenis sp. (23002)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Ukraine Ctenis sp. 1 (30953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Ctenis lunzensis, Ctenis angustior (24683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Fujian) Ctenis sp. 1 (29781)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30416 30818)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Ctenis sp. 1 (30209)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3South Korea Ctenis sp. 1 (30264 30265)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3China (Guangdong) Ctenis sp. 1 (29892)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3Greenland Ctenis minuta (23464 23479) Ctenis minuta, Ctenis nilssoni (23467 23939) Ctenis nilssoni (23380 23461 23934)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.3South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Saportaea sp. (23003)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Sichuan) Ctenis sp. 1 (30042 30045) Ctenis sp. 1, Ctenis sp. 2 (30030)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Jilin) Ctenis sp. 1, Ctenis sp. 2, Ctenis sp. 3 (29715)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Hunan) Ctenis sp. 1 (29636)