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Gleicheniales

Polypodiopsida - Gleicheniales

Taxonomy
Gleicheniales was named by Jud (2011). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiopsida by Jud (2011); and to Polypodiidae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Gleicheniales Jud
2016Gleicheniales I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderGleicheniales
orderGleicheniales

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.

Or. Gleicheniales Jud 2011
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Fm. †Dipteridaceae Seward and Dale
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G. †Apachea Daugherty 1941
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Apachea arizonica Daugherty 1941
G. †Dictyophyllum Lindley and Hutton 1834
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Dictyophyllum ellenbergi Fabre and Greber 1960
Dictyophyllum indicum Bose and Jana 1979
Dictyophyllum nilssoni Brongniart 1836
Dictyophyllum rugosum Lindley and Hutton 1834
Dictyophyllum tenuifolium Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
G. Dipteris Reinw 1825 [fern]
G. †Hausmannia Dunker 1846
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Subg. †Hausmannia (Protorhipis) Andrae 1853
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Invalid names: Hausmannia nariwaensis Oishi 1930 [synonym]
Protorhipis fisheri Knowlton 1907
Hausmannia buchii Andrae 1855
Hausmannia californica Fontaine 1905
Hausmannia crenata Nathorst 1878
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Invalid names: Hausmannia indica Gupta 1955 [synonym]
Hausmannia crookshankii Shah and Singh 1964
Hausmannia dentata Oishi 1932
Hausmannia dichotoma Dunker 1846
Hausmannia leeiana Sze 1933
Hausmannia montanensis Lapasha and Miller 1985
Hausmannia pachyderma Sukh-Dev 1961
Hausmannia papilio Herbst 1960
G. †Thaumatopteris Goeppert 1841
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Thaumatopteris barrealensis Stipanicic and Menendez 1949
Thaumatopteris muensteri Goeppert 1841
Thaumatopteris rothii Frenguelli 1941
Fm. Matoniaceae Presl 1847
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G. †Alstaettia Remy and Remy 1969
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Alstaettia andersoni Remy and Remy 1969
G. †Barrealia Frenguelli 1942
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Barrealia dichotoma Frenguelli 1942
G. †Boseisporites Bharadwaj and Kumar 1972
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Boseisporites indicus Kumar 1973
Boseisporites insignitus Venkatachala 1968
Boseisporites lobatus Venkatachala 1968
Boseisporites minutus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Boseisporites praeclarus Sukh-Dev 1961
Boseisporites punctatus Venkatachala 1968
G. †Dandotiaspora Sah
G. †Delosorus Skog 1988
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G. †Dictyophyllidites Couper 1958
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Dictyophyllidites arcuatus Pocknall and Mildenhall 1984
Dictyophyllidites chiquimilense Mautino and Anzótegui 1998
Dictyophyllidites complex Cookson and Dettmann 1958
Dictyophyllidites crenatus Dettmann 1963
Dictyophyllidites mortoni Playford and Dettmann 1965
Dictyophyllidites mortonii Playford and Dettmann 1965
Dictyophyllidites speciosus Cookson and Dettman 1958
Dictyophyllidites sukhdevii Maheshwari 1974
G. †Knowltonella Berry 1911
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Knowltonella maxoni Berry 1911
G. †Laccopteris Presl 1838
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Laccopteris elegans Presl 1838
Laccopteris lanceolata Göppert 1838
G. Matonia Brown
G. †Matonidium Schenk 1871
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Matonidium althausii Dunker 1844
Matonidium cingulatum Zeba-Bano and Bose 1981
Matonidium goepperti Ettingshausen 1871
Matonidium indicum Sahni 1936
G. †Matoniella Hirmer and Hoerhammer 1936
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Matoniella wiesneri Krasser 1936
G. †Nathorstia Heer 1880
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Nathorstia alata Halle 1913
G. †Phlebomeris Saporta 1894
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Phlebomeris spectanda Saporta 1894
G. †Phlebopteris Brongniart 1836
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Phlebopteris arcuata Sukh-Dev 1961
Phlebopteris branneri White 1913
Phlebopteris minutifolius Banerji 1982
Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart 1836
G. †Piazopteris Lorch 1969
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Piazopteris branneri White 1913
G. †Weichselia Stiehler 1857
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Weichselia ludovicae Stiehler 1857
Weichselia reticulata Stokes and Webb 1824
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kazanian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 274.40000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.14 Ma

Collections (654 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kazanian - Zechstein274.4 - 254.14Norway Dictyophyllidites mortonii (31376 31377 31380)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Norway Dictyophyllidites mortonii (31354 31355 31358 31359 31360 31361 31388 31393) Dictyophyllidites spp. (31403)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (West Bengal) Dictyophyllidites decus (225064)
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic251.902 - 237.0Antarctica Dictyophyllidites mortonii (31341)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Greece Phlebopteris sp. (154565)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4Chile (Chañaral) Dictyophyllum tenuifolium (224049)
Dienerian - Smithian250.5 - 248.1Madagascar Dictyophyllidites mortonii (31351)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Liaoning) Phlebopteris sp. 1 (29984)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0Mongolia Phlebopteris sp. 1 (30302)
Anisian - Ladinian246.7 - 237.0China (Xinjiang) Phlebopteris sp. 1 (30014 30043)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Australia (Queensland) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29421)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Australia (New South Wales) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29423)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Dictyophyllum sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 2, Dictyophyllum sp. 3, Dictyophyllum sp. 4 (30210)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany Phlebopteris sp. (154354)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Hungary Phlebopteris angustiloba, Thaumatopteris muensteri (24669)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0China (Liaoning) Hausmannia sp. 1, Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29980)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy (Dolomites) Pecopteris reticulata (24700)
Ladinian - Carnian241.464 - 227.3Russian Federation (Novaya Zemlya) Phlebopteris sp. (25043)
Ladinian - Norian241.464 - 205.7Iran Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (30190)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Fujian) Dictyophyllum sp. 1 (29781)