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Dryopteridoideae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dryopteridaceae

Taxonomy
Dryopteridoideae was named by Link (1841). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Dryopteridaceae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Dryopteridoideae Link
2016Dryopteridoideae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPolypodiineaeDumort 1829
familyDryopteridaceaeHerter 1949
subfamilyDryopteridoideaeLink 1841
subfamilyDryopteridoideaeLink 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. Dryopteridoideae Link 1841
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G. Dryopteris Adanson 1763
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†Dryopteris arguta Lesquereux 1868
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Invalid names: Aspidium lakesii Lesquereux 1878 [synonym], Sphenopteris membranacea Lesquereux 1873 [synonym]
†Dryopteris civica Dawson 1896
†Dryopteris cladophleboides Knowlton 1918
†Dryopteris coloradensis Knowlton 1917
†Dryopteris gleichenoides Knowlton 1901
†Dryopteris indica Sharma 1971
†Dryopteris kennerlyi Newberry 1863
†Dryopteris kootaniensis Knowlton 1907
†Dryopteris lakesii Knowlton 1930
†Dryopteris lloydii Knowlton 1915
†Dryopteris montanensis Fontaine 1892
†Dryopteris nigricans Lesquereux 1873
†Dryopteris polypodioides Ettingshausen 1873
†Dryopteris scansa Cockerell 1908
†Dryopteris serrata Brown 1962
†Dryopteris seymouriensis Dusén 1908
†Dryopteris weedii Knowlton 1899
†Dryopteris xantholithensis Knowlton 1899
G. Polystichum Roth 1799
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†Polystichum hillsianum Hollick 1902
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 (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) Dryopteris cladophleboides, Dryopteris indica (225504)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Jilin) Dryopteris sp. 1 (29583)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) Dryopteris sp. 1 (29616)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Dryopteris coloradensis (31382)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) Dryopteris coloradensis (31966)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) Dryopteris kennerlyi (35217 35218 35219)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Dryopteris sp. (150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Dryopteris seymouriensis (150274)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Dryopteris carbonensis (54105)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) Dryopteris serrata (53692)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) Dryopteris lakesi (57993) Dryopteris meeteetseana (40780) Dryopteris serrata (57990)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) Dryopteris lakesi (53527)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) Dryopteris lakesi (39899 52932) Dryopteris serrata (52953)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Dryopteris whatcomensis (10643)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Dryopteris longipetiolatum (24157) Dryopteris weedii (24088) Dryopteris xantholithensis (24156)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Dryopteris whatcomensis (22932 22965 22997)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Dryopteris guyottii (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Dryopteris guyottii (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dryopteris sp. (141997)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) Dryopteris sp. (141995)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (Potosi) Polystichum bolivianum (32127 32143)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Bolivia (La Paz) Polystichum bolivianum (32129)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Dryopteris sp. (228810)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Polystichum sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Polystichum sp. (228813 228814 228815 228816 228817 228822)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) Dryopteris sp. (70130 70131 70132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Dryopteris sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Loberia) Dryopteris sp. (136381 151639)