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Vittarioideae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

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

It was assigned to Pteridaceae by I (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Vittarioideae Link
2016Vittarioideae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
subfamilyVittarioideaeLink 1841
subfamilyVittarioideaeLink 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. Vittarioideae Link 1841
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G. Adiantum Linnaeus 1753
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Adiantum anastomosum Brown 1940
Adiantum apalophyllum Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
Adiantum montanensis Knowlton 1907
Adiantum peruvianum Klotzsch 1844
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Quaternary or 157.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Portugal Adiantum sp. (24530)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Adiantum expansum (73497)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Adiantum sp., Adiantum apalophyllum (24106)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Adiantum anastomosum (228147)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adiantum patagonicum (31544)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Adiantum sp. (232146)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Adiantum sp. (228810)