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Athyriaceae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Athyriaceae

Taxonomy
Athyriaceae was named by Alston (1956). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiales by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Athyriaceae Alston
2016Athyriaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
familyAthyriaceaeAlston 1956
familyAthyriaceaeAlston 1956

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.

Fm. Athyriaceae Alston 1956
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G. †Dickwhitea Karafit et al. 2006
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†Dickwhitea allenbyensis Karafit et al. 2006
G. Diplazium Swartz 1800 [twinsorus fern]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 19:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Canada (British Columbia) Dickwhitea allenbyensis (32305)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Japan (Nagano) Diplazium sp. (22789 22796)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Diplazium lasiopteris, Diplazium sp. (228818)