Polypodiopsida - Cyatheales - Polypodiidae
Synonyms: Cnemidaria Presl 1836, Hemitelia Brown 1810, Trichopteris Hall 1845
Parent taxon: Cyatheaceae according to PPG. I 2016
See also Andrews 1970, Bera et al. 2014, Chandra and Tewari 1991, Chauhan 1991, Knowlton 1919, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, MacGinitie 1941, Presl 1836 and Smith et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Alsophila, Alsophilidites, Alsophilites, Alsophilocaulis, Cibotiocaulis, Cibotium, Conantiopteris, Coniopteris, Cyatheites, Cyatheopteris, Cyathocaulis, Cyathodendron, Cyathoforma, Cyathoides, Cyathorachis, Dendropteridium, Dicksoniopsis, Fasciostelopteris, Haydenia, Hemitelites, Kulyisporites, Protocyathea, Pteridocaulis, Tympanophora, Yezopteris
Subtaxa: Cyathea siwalika Cyathea tchihatcheffi Hemitelia pinnata Trichopteris filamentosa
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (36 collections), India (2), Panama (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of India (1)
• Pliocene of Panama (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Bolivia (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Costa Rica (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (13)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (8)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), United States (31: California, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2)
• Jurassic of China (1)
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 109 collections including 123 occurrences
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