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Cryptogramma (fern)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Taxonomy
Cryptogramma was named by Brown (1823). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cryptogrammoideae by I (2016).

Species
C. crispa
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. acrosticoides
Entered
by K. Volkman on 2022-12-19; modified by B. Allen on 2023-01-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Cryptogramma Brown
2016Cryptogramma I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
—Streptophyta(Jeffrey 1971)
superphylumEmbryophyta()
—Tracheophyta(Sinnott 1935)
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyCryptogrammoideaeLindsay 2009
genusCryptogrammaBrown 1823

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. Cryptogramma Brown 1823 [fern]
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Cryptogramma crispa Linnaeus 1753
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available