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Lygodium (climbing fern)
Taxonomy
Lygodium was named by Swartz (1800). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).
It was assigned to Lygodieae by Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1963); to Polypodiaceae by Chauhan (1991); to Schizaeaceae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1880), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Mabberley (2000); and to Lygodiaceae by I (2016).
It was assigned to Lygodieae by Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1963); to Polypodiaceae by Chauhan (1991); to Schizaeaceae by Gardner and Ettingshausen (1880), Knowlton (1919), MacGinitie (1941), Chandler (1961), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Mabberley (2000); and to Lygodiaceae by I (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1800 | Lygodium Swartz |
| 1880 | Lygodium Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 47 |
| 1919 | Lygodium Knowlton |
| 1941 | Lygodium MacGinitie |
| 1961 | Lygodium Chandler p. 59 |
| 1962 | Lygodium Chandler p. 20 |
| 1963 | Lygodium Chandler p. 36 |
| 1976 | Lygodium Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1991 | Lygodium Chauhan |
| 2000 | Lygodium Mabberley |
| 2016 | Lygodium I |
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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.
G. Lygodium Swartz 1800 [climbing fern]
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†Lygodium binervatum Lesquereux 1869
†Lygodium coloradensis Knowlton 1930
†Lygodium compactum Lesquereux 1868
†Lygodium dentoni Lesquereux 1875
†Lygodium dinmorphyllum Churchill 1969
†Lygodium marvinei Lesquereux 1875
†Lygodium poolensis Chandler 1955
†Lygodium prestwichii Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
†Lygodium trichomanoides Lesquereux 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (116 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barremian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Lygodium subsimplex, Lygodium gioberulum, Lygodium macrotuberculatum (212979) Lygodium subsimplex, Lygodium macrotuberculatum, Lygodium gioberulum (212949) | |
| Senonian | Senegal (Dakar) | Lygodium reticulatiformis (137363) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Eocene | New Zealand (Kakahu) | Lygodium sp. (168544) | |
| Edmontonian | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium AF030 (31982 31983 32135) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium coloradense (57990) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Lygodium coloradense (52870 53016) | |
| Paleocene - Eocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lygodium dinmorphyllum (167539) | |
| Tertiary | Ecuador (Loja) | Lygodium bifidum (32220) | |
| Thanetian | United Kingdom (England) | Lygodium Prestwichi (23240) Lygodium prestwichi (23239 23313) Lygodium prestwichi, Lygodium sp. (21218) | |
| Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Lygodium poolensis (23398) | |
| Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | Lygodium dinmorphyllum (167540) | |
| Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Lygodium kaulfussii (24419) | |
| Ypresian - Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Lygodium kaulfussi (23395) | |
| Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium kaulfussi (11342 11364) | |
| Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium kaulfussi (11319 11326 11327 11330 11344 11345 11346 11347 11454 11455 11460 11464 11465 11466 11467 11468 11469 11470 11471 11479 11480 11483 11484 11498) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium kaulfussi (28702 28706 28710 28711 28712 28715 28719 28720 28721 28724 28725 28729 28731 28735 28736 28740 28741) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (North Dakota) | Lygodium kaulfussi (10802 10973 10974) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Lygodium sp. (166741) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Colorado) | Lygodium kaulfussii (24415 24417) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene | China (Guangdong) | Lygodium kaulfussii (223802) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Lygodium kaulfussi (24201) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | Lygodium kaulfussi (24106) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Lygodium kaulfussi (24087 24090 24198) | |
| Middle Eocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lygodium dinmorphyllum (167109) | |
| Middle Eocene | Australia (South Australia) | Lygodium dinmorphyllum (166784) Lygodium indet., Lygodium dinmorphyllum (167163) | |
| Middle Eocene | USA (California) | Lygodium kaulfussi (24000) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | China (Liaoning) | Lygodium kaulfussii (223815) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lygodium kaulfussi (24109) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lygodium dinmorphyllum (167350) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene | Chile (Doceava Región) | Lygodium sp. (151436) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Lygodium sp., Lygodium dinmorphyllum (166832) | |
| Rupelian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Lygodium kaulfussii (68021) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Germany (Saxony) | Lygodium kaulfussii (24984) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Panama | Lygodium sp. (32394 32397 32399) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | Lygodium sp. (28443) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (New South Wales) | Lygodium sp. (224044) | |
| Pliocene | China (Hunan) | Lygodium sp. (223822) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Lygodium indet. (172830 172833 172836 172837 172855 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172876 172879 172881 172883) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tripura) | Lygodium sp. (228883 228884) | |
| Quaternary | India (Sikkim) | Lygodium sp. (228779) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Lygodium sp. (228814 228815 228817) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lygodium sp. (168754 168755 168756) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Lygodium sp. (168937) |