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Dennstaedtiineae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales

Taxonomy
Dennstaedtiineae was named by Schwartsb and Hovenkamp (2016). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiales by I (2016).

Sister taxa
Dennstaedtiaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Dennstaedtiineae I
2016Dennstaedtiineae Schwartsb and Hovenkamp

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderDennstaedtiineaeSchwartsb and Hovenkamp 2016
suborderDennstaedtiineaeSchwartsb and Hovenkamp 2016

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.

Subor. Dennstaedtiineae Schwartsb and Hovenkamp 2016
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Fm. Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy 1909
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G. †Dennastra McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Dennstaedtia Bernhardi 1800
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Dennstaedtia americana Knowlton 1910
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Invalid names: Asplenium tenerum Lesquereux 1883 [synonym], Sphenopteris blomstrandi Heer 1868 [synonym]
Dennstaedtia concava Bolchovitina 1956
Dennstaedtia fremonti Hall 1843
Dennstaedtia sorimarginata McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Histiopteris Smith 1875
G. Hypolepis Bernhardi 1805
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Hypolepis coloradensis Cockerell 1909
G. Microlepia Presl 1836
G. †Microlepiopsis Serbet and Rothwell 2003
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Microlepiopsis aulenbackii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
Microlepiopsis bramanii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
G. Pteridium Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
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 Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Dennstaedtia rajmahalensis (225504)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Idaho) Dennstaedtia fremonti (184621)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dennstaedtia fremonti (31382)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Dennstaedtia fremonti (31963 31964 31965 31966)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Microlepiopsis aulenbackii, Microlepiopsis bramanii (115108)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Microlepia sp. (34894)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Dennstaedtia sp. (94370)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Dennstaedtia americana (39895)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Dennstaedtia americana (34417 34419 34427)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Dennstaedtia americana (40937 57936)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Dennstaedtia americana (40430 40533 58036 58082 58087)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Dennstaedtia delicata (22993)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Idaho) Dennstaedtia americana (35347 35349)
Early/Lower Eocene - Oligocene55.8 - 23.03Antarctica (King George Island) Microlepia sp. (167920)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Pteridium oeningense (46322)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Zürich) Pteridium oeningense (46324)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Pteridium oeningense (46225)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Pteridium scalabazensis (27527)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Pteridium indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Australia (Tasmania) Histiopteris incisa, Histiopteris sp., Hypolepis spinysporis (166707)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Pteridium sp. (22117)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Histiopteris sp. (168890) Histiopteris sp., Pteridium sp. (168819 168822 168888) Histiopteris sp., Pteridium sp., Hypolepis sp. (168889) Pteridium sp. (168904 168924) Pteridium sp., Hypolepis sp. (168891 168892 168893)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Pteridium sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Microlepia sp. (228813 228814 228815) Pteridium sp., Microlepia sp. (228816 228817 228822)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteridium sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Microlepia sp. (228810)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pteridium sp. (168896)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Pteridium sp. (70130 70132)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Pteridium sp. (228762)