Gleichenia Smith 1793 (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae

Parent taxon: Gleicheniaceae according to PPG. I 2016

See also Berry 1922, Chandra and Tewari 1991, Chauhan 1991, Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880, Knowlton 1919 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976

Sister taxa: Boodlepteris, Clavifera, Dicranopteris, Gleicheniidites, Gleichenioamyelon, Gleicheniopsis, Gleicheniorachis, Gleichenipteris, Gleichenites, Gleichotheca, Mertensites, Microphyllopteris, Oligocarpia, Ornamentifera, Selenocarpus

Subtaxa: Gleichenia (Mertensia) Gleichenia bosahii Gleichenia delawarensis Gleichenia delicatula Gleichenia dhokutense Gleichenia giesekiana Gleichenia gilbertthompsoni Gleichenia gleichenoides Gleichenia gracilis Gleichenia hesperia Gleichenia kurriana Gleichenia micromera Gleichenia nordenskioeldi Gleichenia obscura Gleichenia protogaea Gleichenia pulchella Gleichenia rewahensis Gleichenia rhombifolia Gleichenia saundersii Gleichenia sonajoriense Gleichenia zippei

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (29 collections), India (1)

• Pliocene of Bolivia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), Cuba (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (3)

• Oligocene of Australia (1)

• Paleocene of United States (2: Montana)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), India (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, South Dakota, Utah)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of India (2)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), India (13), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 81 collections including 100 occurrences

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