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Cyclosorus

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Thelypteridaceae

Taxonomy
Cyclosorus was named by Link (1833). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Pteridopsida by Link (1833); to Thelypteridaceae by Chauhan (1991) and Liu et al. (1996); and to Thelypteridoideae by I (2016).

Species
C. gongylodes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cyclosorus Link
1991Cyclosorus Chauhan
1996Cyclosorus Liu et al.
2016Cyclosorus I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderAspleniineaeSchneid and Rothf
familyThelypteridaceaePichi-Sermolli 1970
subfamilyThelypteridoideaeReed 1963
genusCyclosorusLink 1833

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. Cyclosorus Link 1833
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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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Xizang) C. nervosus (223828)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) C. sp. (227632 227665 227674 227721 227788)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. gongylodes (168819 168822 168893 168904)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) C. sp. (228813 228815)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. gongylodes (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) C. sp. (168747 168749 168750 168751 168755)