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Aspleniaceae (spleenwort)

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Aspleniaceae

Taxonomy
Aspleniaceae was named by Newman (1840). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by I (2016).

It was assigned to Filicopsida by Mabberley (2000); to Polypodiales by Jud (2011); and to Aspleniineae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Aspleniaceae Newman
2000Aspleniaceae Mabberley
2011Aspleniaceae Jud
2016Aspleniaceae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderAspleniineaeSchneid and Rothf
familyAspleniaceaeNewman 1840
familyAspleniaceaeNewman 1840

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. Aspleniaceae Newman 1840 [spleenwort]
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G. Asplenium Linnaeus 1753
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†Asplenium albertum Dawson 1885
†Asplenium cecilensis Berry 1911
†Asplenium coloradense Knowlton 1917
†Asplenium crossii Knowlton 1898
†Asplenium dubium Fontaine 1889
†Asplenium eolignitica Berry 1916
†Asplenium foersteri Debey and Ettingshausen 1859
†Asplenium haguei Knowlton 1899
†Asplenium hurleyensis Berry 1916
†Asplenium iddingsi Knowlton 1899
†Asplenium issiacense Fritel 1910
†Asplenium jerseyensis Berry 1911
†Asplenium magnum Knowlton 1899
†Asplenium martinianum Dawson 1885
†Asplenium neomexicanum Knowlton 1916
†Asplenium niobrara Dawson 1882
†Asplenium primero Knowlton 1917
†Asplenium raritanense Berry 1909
†Asplenium remotidens Knowlton 1899
†Asplenium subcretaceum Saporta 1868
†Asplenium tenellum Knowlton 1900
†Asplenium wyomingense Knowlton 1900
G. Cystocarpium Fraser-Jenkins 2008
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 Ladinian to the top of the Holocene or 242.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 228.0 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Tajikistan Asplenium sp. 1 (30902)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) Asplenium sp. 1 (29541 29692 29747 29991)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (Scotland) Asplenium rigidum (24393 31209)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (South Dakota) Asplenium Dicksonianum (34867)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Asplenium Dicksonianum (32034)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Kansas) Asplenium dicksonianum (29018 102716 102722 102989)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Russian Federation Asplenium dicksonianum (34627 34771 34772 34773 34774 34778 34787 34788 34790 34796 34800 34802)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Asplenium dicksonianum (153400)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Asplenium neomexicanum (27135 27360) Asplenium sp. (27358)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Asplenium sp. (27363)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Asplenium sp. (34975)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Asplenium haguei (35577)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Asplenium eoligniticum (11461)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Hemitelia magna (10806)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Colorado) Asplenium delicatula (24411)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Asplenium incertum (32201)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Asplenium eolignitum, Asplenium delicatula (21389)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) Asplenium iddingsi (24088 24156) Asplenium magnum, Asplenium iddingsi, Asplenium remotidens (24087)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Asplenium delicata (10744)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Japan (Nagano) Asplenium sp. (22796)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Asplenium sp. (168819 168822 168889 168890 168891 168893 168924)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Asplenium sp. (228816)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Asplenium sp. (228848 228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Asplenium sp. (228779)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Asplenium sp. (168896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Asplenium sp. (228762 228763)