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Gleichenia

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Gleichenia Smith
1880Gleichenia Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 43
1919Gleichenia Knowlton
1922Gleichenia Berry
1976Gleichenia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Gleichenia Chandra and Tewari
1991Gleichenia Chauhan
2016Gleichenia I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyGleicheniaceaePresl
genusGleicheniaSmith 1793

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. Gleichenia Smith 1793
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Subg. †Gleichenia (Mertensia) Roth 1797
†Gleichenia bosahii Pant and Srivastava 1977
†Gleichenia delicatula Heer 1874
†Gleichenia dhokutense Sharma 1975
†Gleichenia giesekiana Heer 1868
†Gleichenia gilbertthompsoni Fontaine 1905
†Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863
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Invalid names: Gleichenites bindrabunensis Schimper 1876 [synonym]
†Gleichenia gracilis Heer 1874
†Gleichenia hesperia Brown 1962
†Gleichenia kurriana Heer 1869
†Gleichenia micromera Heer 1874
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Invalid names: Gleichenites indicus Sukh-Dev 1961 [synonym], Pecopteris tenera Feistmantel 1879 [synonym]
†Gleichenia obscura Knowlton 1901
†Gleichenia protogaea Debey and Ettingshausen 1906
†Gleichenia pulchella Knowlton 1913
†Gleichenia rewahensis Feistmantel 1882
†Gleichenia rhombifolia Hollick 1902
†Gleichenia saundersii Berry 1903
†Gleichenia sonajoriense Bohra and Sharma 1979
†Gleichenia zippei Corda 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Holocene or 184.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Odisha) G. sp. (229223)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) G. sonajoriense (229183)
Jurassic201.4 - 143.1India (Rajasthan) G. sp. (229180)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Poland (Cracow) G. rostafinskii (24598)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30609)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Bulgaria (South Dobrudzhi) G. sp. (24570)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Uzbekistan G. sp. 1 (30976)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30817)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Russian Federation G. sp. 1 (30814)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Jharkhand) G. rewahensis, G. gleichenoides (224706) Gleichenites gleichenoides (224760 224762 225286) Gleichenites gleichenoides, Gleichenites rewahensis, G. dhokutense (225504) Pecopteris gleichenoides, G. rewahensis, Gleichenites bindrabunensis, G. bosahii (224686)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Andhra Pradesh) Gleichenites bindrabunensis (224645)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India G. sp. 1 (30129)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1India (Orissa) G. sp. 1 (30125)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Telangana) G. sp. 1, G. sp. 2 (30126)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) G. rewahensis, G. nordenskioeldii, Gleichenites indicus, G. bosahii (224644)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Telangana) G. sp., G. nordenskioeldi (229471)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Gujarat) G. rewahensis (229219) Matonidium goeppertii (224761) Pecopteris tenera (226841)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) G. Zippei (32034)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Belgium (Hainaut) G. sp. (22645)
Aptian - Turonian121.4 - 89.8India (Gujarat) G. nordenskioeldi (229211)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Kansas) G. bohemica (102992) G. nordenskioldi (102989) G. nordenskioldi, G. bohemica (29018)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9USA (Alaska) G. pseudocrenata (34623)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Russian Federation G. zippei (34628)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Utah) G. sp. (121694)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9USA (Idaho) G. spp. (121647)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) G. comptoniaefolia, G. delicatula (31968 31970 31971)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) G. comptoniaefolia, G. delicatula (103148)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India G. concavisporites (224605)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica G. sp. (150271)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Montana) G. hesperia (53692 53957)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Australia (Tasmania) G. sp. (166832)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) G. dicapa, G. sp. 3 (169237) G. dicarpa (169006) G. dicarpa, G. sp. 2 (169007)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Canada (Northwest Territories) G. sp. (21371)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) G. pectinataforma (32044)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (New South Wales) G. sp. (224044)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (Victoria) Gleichenia indet. (172830 172832 172833 172836 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) G. circinidites, G. alpina, G. sp. (166707)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (168889 168890 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) G. sp. (228779)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (168754 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (168937)