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Diplazium (twinsorus fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Athyriaceae

Taxonomy
Diplazium was named by Swartz (1800). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Plantae by Knowlton (1919); to Dryopteridaceae by Chauhan (1991); and to Athyriaceae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Diplazium Swartz
1919Diplazium Knowlton
1991Diplazium Chauhan
2016Diplazium I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
familyAthyriaceaeAlston 1956
genusDiplaziumSwartz 1800

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. Diplazium Swartz 1800 [twinsorus fern]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Diplazium sp. (22789 22796)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Diplazium lasiopteris, Diplazium sp. (228818)