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Pteridoideae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Taxonomy
Pteridoideae was named by Link (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pteridaceae by I (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Pteridoideae Link
2016Pteridoideae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyPteridoideaeLink 1841
subfamilyPteridoideaeLink 1841

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.

Subfm. Pteridoideae Link 1841
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G. Pteris Linnaeus 1753
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Pteris affinis Lesquereux 1873
Pteris bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1878
Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
Pteris idahoensis Knowlton 1898
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Invalid names: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
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 Hettangian to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 190.8 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Romania Pteris sp. (31097)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Pteris sitkensis (112312)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pteris silvicola (28741)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Pteris eocenica (24106)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) Pteris dentata (34365)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Pteris dentata (16542)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Pteris silvicola (35221 35237)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pteris sp. (141997)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) Pteris nirihuaoensis (141995)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Pteris sp. (32288 32289 32292 32295)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) Pteris nirihuaoensis (31543)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) Pteris nirihuaoensis (31540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Pteris sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32394 32397)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Pteris sp. (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Pteris spp. (31168)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Bolivia Pteris sp. (34363)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Pteris sp. (223803)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Pteris sp. (32451)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Pteris calabazensis (19206)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Pteris pennaeformis (46225)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Pteris sp. (232112 232122 232144)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama Pteris sp. (32308 32310 32311 32312)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) Pteris pacajensis (32002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Pteris cretica (224546)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Pteris indet. (172870 172874 172883)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168893 168918 168924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pteris sp. (22115)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Pteris sp. (228810)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama Pteris sp. (32309)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Pteris sp. (228816) Pteris stenophylla (228813 228815 228822)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Pteris sp. (228848 228849)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Pteris sp. (228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris wallichiana, Pteris sp., Pteris mertensioides (228818)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pteris sp. (144662)