Alsophila Brown 1810 (scaly tree fern)

Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae

Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to M. S. Chauhan 1991

Sister taxa: Alsophilidites, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyathea, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris

Subtaxa: Alsophila andersonii Alsophila spinulosa

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Distribution:

• Quaternary of India (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Panama (5)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Jurassic of Poland (1)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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