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Pteridium

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dennstaedtiaceae

Taxonomy
Pteridium was named by Gleditsch and Scopoli (1760). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Polypodiales by Gleditsch and Scopoli (1760); and to Dennstaedtiaceae by Chauhan (1991) and I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Pteridium Gleditsch and Scopoli
1991Pteridium Chauhan
2016Pteridium I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderDennstaedtiineaeSchwartsb and Hovenkamp 2016
familyDennstaedtiaceaeLotsy 1909
genusPteridiumGleditsch and Scopoli 1760

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. Pteridium Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) P. oeningense (46324)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) P. oeningense (46322)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) P. oeningense (46225)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) P. scalabazensis (27527)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Pteridium indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168891 168892 168893 168904 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) P. sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) P. sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) P. sp. (228816 228817 228822)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) P. sp. (168896)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) P. sp. (70130 70132)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) P. sp. (228762)