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Gleicheniaceae
Taxonomy
Gleicheniaceae was named by Presl.
It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1880); to Filicales by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1963), McLoughlin et al. (1995) and Moisan et al. (2010); to Gleicheniales by Jud (2011) and I (2016); to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000) and Vallati et al. (2020); and to Polypodiopsida by Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Polypodiaceae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1880); to Filicales by Knowlton (1919), Chandler (1963), McLoughlin et al. (1995) and Moisan et al. (2010); to Gleicheniales by Jud (2011) and I (2016); to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000) and Vallati et al. (2020); and to Polypodiopsida by Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Gleicheniaceae Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 43 |
1919 | Gleicheniaceae Knowlton |
1963 | Gleicheniaceae Chandler p. 32 |
1995 | Gleicheniaceae McLoughlin et al. |
2000 | Gleicheniaceae Mabberley |
2010 | Gleicheniaceae Moisan et al. |
2011 | Gleicheniaceae Jud |
2016 | Gleicheniaceae I |
2020 | Gleicheniaceae Vallati et al. p. 5 |
2022 | Gleicheniaceae Vera et al. |
2023 | Gleicheniaceae Perez Loinaze et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Gleicheniaceae Presl
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G. †Clavifera Bolchovitina 1966
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†Clavifera deformans Burger 1996
†Clavifera jachromensis Bolkhovitina 1968
†Clavifera triplex Bolkhovitina 1966
G. Gleichenia Smith 1793
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Subg. †Gleichenia (Mertensia) Roth 1797
†Gleichenia bosahii Pant and Srivastava 1977
†Gleichenia delawarensis Berry 1907
†Gleichenia delicatula Heer 1874
†Gleichenia dhokutense Sharma 1975
†Gleichenia giesekiana Heer 1868
†Gleichenia gilbertthompsoni Fontaine 1905
†Gleichenia gleichenoides Oldham and Morris 1863
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Invalid names: Gleichenites bindrabunensis Schimper 1876 [synonym]
†Gleichenia gracilis Heer 1874
†Gleichenia hesperia Brown 1962
†Gleichenia kurriana Heer 1869
†Gleichenia micromera Heer 1874
†Gleichenia nordenskioeldi Heer 1874
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Invalid names: Gleichenites indicus Sukh-Dev 1961 [synonym], Pecopteris tenera Feistmantel 1879 [synonym]
†Gleichenia obscura Knowlton 1901
†Gleichenia protogaea Debey and Ettingshausen 1906
†Gleichenia pulchella Knowlton 1913
†Gleichenia rewahensis Feistmantel 1882
†Gleichenia rhombifolia Hollick 1902
†Gleichenia saundersii Berry 1903
†Gleichenia sonajoriense Bohra and Sharma 1979
†Gleichenia zippei Corda 1846
G. †Gleicheniidites Dettmann 1963
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†Gleicheniidites apilobatus Brenner 1963
†Gleicheniidites aptianus Llorens 2008
†Gleicheniidites argentinus Volkheimer 1972
†Gleicheniidites bulbosus Kemp 1970
†Gleicheniidites campanianus Cao 1994
†Gleicheniidites cercinidites Cookson 1953
†Gleicheniidites circinidites Dettmann 1963
†Gleicheniidites confossus Hedlund 1966
†Gleicheniidites delcourtii Döring 1965
†Gleicheniidites delicatus Pocock 1970
†Gleicheniidites fildesensis Cao 1994
†Gleicheniidites indicus Singh et al. 1964
†Gleicheniidites microgranulosus Sah and Jain 1965
†Gleicheniidites mundus Sah and Jain 1965
†Gleicheniidites neyvelii Ramanujam 1967
†Gleicheniidites pachydermus Cao 1994
†Gleicheniidites rigidus Llorens 2008
†Gleicheniidites senonicus Ross 1949
†Gleicheniidites serratus Archangelsky and Llorens 2005
†Gleicheniidites trijugatus Norvick and Burger 1975
†Gleicheniidites trivalvis Cao 1994
†Gleicheniidites vulgaris Schrank 1994
G. †Gleichenipteris Phipps et al. 2000
G. †Gleichenites Göppert 1836
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†Gleichenites gallegoii Herbst 1996
†Gleichenites gracilis Heer 1868
†Gleichenites indicus Thiergart and Frantz 1962
†Gleichenites juliensis Herbst 1962
†Gleichenites porsildi Seward 1926
†Gleichenites quilacoyensis Leppe and Moisan 2006
†Gleichenites sanmartini Herbst 1962
G. †Mertensites Wanklyn 1869
G. †Microphyllopteris Arber 1917
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†Microphyllopteris pectinata Hector 1917
†Microphyllopteris unisora Cantrill and Nagalingum 2005
G. †Ornamentifera Bolkhovitina 1966
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†Ornamentifera echinata Bolkhovitina 1966
†Ornamentifera minima Norvick and Burger 1975
†Ornamentifera sentosa Dettmann and Playford 1968
†Ornamentifera tuberculata Bolkhovitina 1966
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 Mississippian to the top of the Holocene or 358.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 323.2 Ma
Collections (646 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Mississippian | Canada (New Brunswick) | Oligocarpia splendens (12421) | |
Carboniferous | USA (Indiana) | Oligocarpia missouriensis (11197) | |
Carboniferous | Canada (New Brunswick) | Oligocarpia brongniarti, Oligocarpia missouriensis (12426 12696) Oligocarpia missouriensis (12721 12723) | |
Pennsylvanian | Portugal (Douro) | Oligocarpia leptophylla (28419) | |
Pennsylvanian | USA | Oligocarpia vera, Oligocarpia gutbieri (13272) | |
Westphalian | USA (Illinois) | Oligocarpia sp. (11189) | |
Stephanian | Spain (Ciudad Real) | Oligocarpia sp. (11178) | |
Stephanian | Spain | Oligocarpia sp. (11177) | |
Stephanian | Spain (Cuenca) | Oligocarpia sp. (11180) | |
Gzhelian | Spain | Oligocarpia leptophylla, Oligocarpia gutbieri (228606) | |
Stephanian C | Portugal | Oligocarpia bredovii, Oligocarpia leptophylla (25373) | |
Artinskian - Kungurian | India (Telangana) | Gleichenites indicus (224611) | |
Roadian | Russian Federation | Oligocarpia sp. 1 (30847) | |
Roadian - Capitanian | Russian Federation | Oligocarpia sp. 1 (30796 30801) | |
Wordian - Capitanian | Russian Federation | Oligocarpia sp. 1 (30864) | |
Early/Lower Triassic | Australia (New South Wales) | Microphyllopteris sp. 1 (29451) | |
Triassic | Chile (Chañaral) | Gleichenites cachivaritensis (224049) | |
Anisian | China (Liaoning) | Gleichenites sp. 1 (29984) | |
Carnian | USA (Virginia) | Gleichenites distans, Dicranopteris sp. (24110) | |
Carnian | Chile | Gleichenites quilacoyensis (207683) Gleichenites sp. (201288) |