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Dicksonia

Polypodiopsida - Filicales - Dicksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Dicksonia was named by L'Héritier de Brutelle (1788). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Cyatheaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Dicksoniaceae by L'Héritier de Brutelle (1788), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chandra and Tewari (1991), I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1788Dicksonia L'Héritier de Brutelle
1919Dicksonia Knowlton
1976Dicksonia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Dicksonia Chandra and Tewari
2016Dicksonia I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderFilicales
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
genusDicksoniaL'Héritier de Brutelle 1788

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.

G. Dicksonia L'Héritier de Brutelle 1788
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Invalid names: Anemia stricta Newberry 1895 [synonym]
Dicksonia montanensis Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia munda Dawson 1885
Dicksonia oregonensis Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia pachyphylla Fontaine 1905
Dicksonia rajmahalensis Sharma 1971
Dicksonia saportana Heer 1876
Dicksonia speciosa Sharma 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available