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Acrostichites

Polypodiopsida - Osmundaceae

Taxonomy
Acrostichites was named by Goeppert (1836). It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Pecopteris williamsonis.

It was assigned to Osmundaceae by Knowlton (1919); and to Pteridophyta by Andrews (1970).

Species lacking formal opinion data
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by B. Allen (authorized by A. Dunhill) on 2020-01-29; modified by B. Allen on 2020-01-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Acrostichites Goeppert
1919Acrostichites Knowlton
1970Acrostichites Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
RankNameAuthor
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
familyOsmundaceaeBerchtold and Presl
genusAcrostichitesGoeppert 1836

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. †Acrostichites Goeppert 1836
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Acrostichites densifolius Fontaine 1883
Acrostichites microphyllus Fontaine 1883
Acrostichites princeps Presl 1841
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Invalid names: Acrostichites rhombifolius Fontaine 1883 [synonym]
Acrostichites williamsonis Brongniart 1834
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available