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Woodwardioideae

Polypodiopsida - Blechnaceae

Taxonomy
Woodwardioideae was named by Gasper et al. (2016). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Blechnaceae by I (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Woodwardioideae Gasper et al.
2016Woodwardioideae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyBlechnaceaeCopeland
subfamilyWoodwardioideaeGasper et al. 2016
subfamilyWoodwardioideaeGasper et al. 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.

Subfm. Woodwardioideae Gasper et al. 2016
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G. Woodwardia Smith 1793
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Woodwardia arctica Brown 1962
Woodwardia columbiana Knowlton 1910
Woodwardia crenata Knowlton 1900
Woodwardia florissantia Cockerell 1908
Woodwardia gravida Hickey 1977
Woodwardia latiloba Lesquereux 1873
Woodwardia maxonii Knowlton 1910
Woodwardia preareolata Knowlton 1899
Woodwardia venosa Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
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 Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia crenata (27135 27316 27359 27368 27370 27373)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Woodwardia crenata (27363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Woodwardia crenata (34975)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia crenata (34922 34970)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) Woodwardia gravida (25451)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Woodwardia arctica (53692 53957)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Alberta) Woodwardia arctica (34887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Woodwardia arctica (55858)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Woodwardia gravida (34417 34419 34420 34422 34423)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Woodwardia arctica (39893 40059 53067)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia arctica (40775 40938 57976)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (North Dakota) Woodwardia arctica (58087)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28656)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28647 28648 28655 28673 28674 28686 28688 28690)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (11406 11463 11475 11477 11489)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (11468)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Woodwardia gravida (10979)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia gravida (28720 28722 28728 28730 28731 28734 28738)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Canada (British Columbia) Woodwardia maxoni (227797)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Woodwardia preareolata (24089)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9China (Liaoning) Woodwardia sp. (223815)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Woodwardia sp. (228147)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Jilin) Woodwardia sp. (223816)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Woodwardia sp. (22789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Woodwardia sp. (224677 228819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Woodwardia sp. (228759)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Woodwardia sp. (228773)