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Dennstaedtiaceae
Taxonomy
Dennstaedtiaceae was named by Lotsy (1909). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Jud (2011).
It was assigned to Filicopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993), Mabberley (2000); to Polypodiales by Jud (2011); and to Dennstaedtiineae by I (2016).
It was assigned to Filicopsida by McIver and Basinger (1993), Mabberley (2000); to Polypodiales by Jud (2011); and to Dennstaedtiineae by I (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1909 | Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy |
| 1993 | Dennstaedtiaceae McIver and Basinger |
| 2000 | Dennstaedtiaceae Mabberley |
| 2011 | Dennstaedtiaceae Jud |
| 2016 | Dennstaedtiaceae 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.
Fm. Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy 1909
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G. †Dennastra McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Dennstaedtia Bernhardi 1800
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†Dennstaedtia americana Knowlton 1910
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Invalid names: Asplenium tenerum Lesquereux 1883 [synonym], Sphenopteris blomstrandi Heer 1868 [synonym]
†Dennstaedtia concava Bolchovitina 1956
†Dennstaedtia fremonti Hall 1843
†Dennstaedtia rajmahalensis Sharma 1975
†Dennstaedtia sorimarginata McIver and Basinger 1993
G. Histiopteris Smith 1875
G. Microlepia Presl 1836
G. †Microlepiopsis Serbet and Rothwell 2003
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†Microlepiopsis aulenbackii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
†Microlepiopsis bramanii Serbet and Rothwell 2003
G. Pteridium Gleditsch and Scopoli 1760
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): 143.1 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma
Collections (76 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Jharkhand) | Dennstaedtia rajmahalensis (225504) | |
| Albian | USA (Idaho) | Dennstaedtia fremonti (184621) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | USA (Wyoming) | Dennstaedtia fremonti (31963 31964 31965 31966) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Wyoming) | Dennstaedtia fremonti (31382) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Microlepiopsis aulenbackii, Microlepiopsis bramanii (115108) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Microlepia sp. (34894) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Dennstaedtia sp. (94370) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Dennstaedtia americana (39895) | |
| Paleocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Dennstaedtia americana (34417 34419 34427) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Dennstaedtia americana (40937 57936) | |
| Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | Dennstaedtia americana (40430 40533 58036 58082 58087) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Idaho) | Dennstaedtia americana (35347 35349) | |
| Eocene | USA (Washington) | Dennstaedtia delicata (22993) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Oligocene | Antarctica (King George Island) | Microlepia sp. (167920) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Zürich) | Pteridium oeningense (46324) | |
| Miocene | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | Pteridium oeningense (46322) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | Pteridium oeningense (46225) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Nevada) | Pteridium scalabazensis (27527) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Pteridium indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172855 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Histiopteris incisa, Histiopteris sp., Hypolepis spinysporis (166707) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Histiopteris sp. (168890) Histiopteris sp., Pteridium sp. (168819 168822 168888) Histiopteris sp., Pteridium sp., Hypolepis sp. (168889) Pteridium sp. (168904 168924) Pteridium sp., Hypolepis sp. (168891 168892 168893) | |
| Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Pteridium sp. (22117) | |
| Quaternary | India (Sikkim) | Pteridium sp. (228779) | |
| Quaternary | India (Tamil Nadu) | Pteridium sp. (228848 228849) | |
| Quaternary | India (Assam) | Microlepia sp. (228813 228814 228815) Pteridium sp., Microlepia sp. (228816 228817 228822) | |
| Quaternary | India (West Bengal) | Microlepia sp. (228810) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Pteridium sp. (168896) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | Pteridium sp. (70130 70132) | |
| Holocene | India (Uttarakhand) | Pteridium sp. (228762) |