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Acanthopteris

Polypodiopsida - Filicales - Dicksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Acanthopteris was named by Sze (1931). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Plantae by Andrews (1970); and to Dicksoniaceae by Yuan et al. (2024).

Species
A. acutata, A. alata (syn. Cladophlebidium alatum), A. gothani, A. onychioides, A. szei
Entered
by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-01-28; modified by B. Allen on 2025-09-24

Synonyms
  • Birisia was named by Samylina (1972). It is not extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Acanthopteris by Chen et al. (1981), Yuan et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Acanthopteris Sze
1970Acanthopteris Andrews
1972Birisia Samylina
2024Acanthopteris Yuan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderFilicales
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
genusAcanthopterisSze 1931

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. †Acanthopteris Sze 1931
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†Acanthopteris acutata Samylina 1972
†Acanthopteris alata Fontaine 1905
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Invalid names: Cladophlebidium alatum Prynada 1938 [synonym]
†Acanthopteris onychioides Vassilevskaja and Kara-Mursa 1956
†Acanthopteris szei Cao 1984
Invalid names: Birisia Samylina 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available