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Ptychantoideae

Jungermanniopsida - Porellales - Lejeuneaceae

Taxonomy
Ptychantoideae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lejeuneaceae by Wang et al. (2021), Bouju et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Ptychantoideae Wang et al.
2022Ptychanthoideae Bouju et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumBryophyta
subphylumMarchantiophytina
classJungermanniopsida
RankNameAuthor
orderPorellalesSchljakov 1972
familyLejeuneaceae
subfamilyPtychantoideae
subfamilyPtychantoideae

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.

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G. Spruceanthus Verdoorn 1934
G. Thysananthus Lindenberg 1844
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Thysananthus aethiopicus Bouju et al. 2022
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Ethiopia Thysananthus aethiopicus (224753 227286)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82China (Fujian) Spruceanthus sp. (220273)