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Acrostichum

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Acrostichum Linnaeus
1910Acrostichum Fritel p. 15
1914Acrostichum Berry p. 133
1919Acrostichum Knowlton
1962Acrostichum Chandler p. 19
1963Acrostichum Chandler p. 31
2016Acrostichum I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyParkerioideaeBurnett 1835
genusAcrostichum

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. Acrostichum Linnaeus 1753
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Acrostichum areolatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum aureum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum barbarum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum crassifolium Fontaine 1889
Acrostichum crinitum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum cruciatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum dichotomum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum digitatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum georgianum Berry 1914
Acrostichum haddeni Hollick 1902
Acrostichum hesperium Newberry 1882
Acrostichum ilvense Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum marantae Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum nodosum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum pectinatum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum pulchrum Linnaeus 1753
Acrostichum siliquosum Linnaeus 1753
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 Middle Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 61.66000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0Colombia A. CJ66 (134747)
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) A. hesperium (28741)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Colorado) A. hesperium (24415)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) A. lanzaeanum (23397)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan (Yamaguchi) A. ubense (24463 24468 24469 24470 24471 24478 24487 24488 24490) A. ubensis (24476)
Ypresian - Eocene56.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. lanzaeanum (23395)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) A. hesperium (21389 28744 28745)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) A. lanzaeanum (24106 24107)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) A. sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) A. sp. (21220)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Georgia) A. georgianum (212697)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar (Sagaing) A. sp. (227630 227631)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) A. sp. (227632 227633 227634 227648 227649 227650 227652 227661 227662 227663 227664 227665 227666 227667 227668 227669 227670 227671 227672 227673 227674 227676 227696 227697 227699 227700 227709 227710 227714 227720 227721 227724 227780 227781 227782 227783 227787 227800 227801 227802 227804 227805 227806 227807)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) A. lanzaeanum (27663)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Mexico (Oaxaca) A. mexicanum (32065)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Bolivia (Potosi) A. linearifolium (32127)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (West Bengal) A. aureum (228796 228807 228808)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) A. sp. (144662)