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Athyrium

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dryopteridaceae

Taxonomy
Athyrium was named by Roth (1800). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dryopteridaceae by Chauhan (1991).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by K. Volkman on 2022-12-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Athyrium Roth
1991Athyrium Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
RankNameAuthor
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
suborderPolypodiineaeDumort 1829
familyDryopteridaceaeHerter 1949
genusAthyriumRoth 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. Athyrium Roth 1800
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"superp
Created: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Modified: 2026-03-30 14:38:16
Source: superp = superphylum
Reference: Kenrick and Crane 1997

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) A. sp. (228813 228814 228815 228816 228822)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) A. puncticaule (228818)