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Polypodiaceae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Polypodiaceae Presl and Presl
1879Polypodiaceae Gardner and Ettingshausen p. 26
1919Polypodiaceae Knowlton
1962Polypodiaceae Chandler p. 19
1963Polypodiaceae Chandler p. 30
1977Polypodiaceae Hickey
2000Grammitidaceae Mabberley
2000Polypodiaceae Mabberley
2011Polypodiaceae Su et al.
2012Polypodiaceae Wu and Sun
2013Polypodiaceae Jacques and Zhou
2016Polypodiaceae I
2022Polypodiaceae Vera et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyPolypodiaceae
familyPolypodiaceae

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. Polypodiaceae Presl and Presl 1822
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G. Chrysodium Fee
G. †Adiantites Goeppert 1836
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†Adiantites nympharum Heer 1876
†Adiantites oblongifolium Brongniart 1836
†Adiantites orovillensis Fontaine 1896
†Adiantites praelongus Dawson 1882
G. †Allantodiopsis Knowlton and Maxon 1919
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†Allantodiopsis erosa Lesquereux 1878
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Invalid names: Osmunda major Lesquereux 1883 [synonym], Pteris subsimplex Lesquereux 1873 [synonym], Pteris undulata Lesquereux 1888 [synonym]
G. †Anomalofilicites Hollick 1916
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G. Arthromeris Smith
G. Aspidium Swartz 1801
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Aspidium molle Swartz 1801
G. †Aspleniopteris Fontaine 1889
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†Aspleniopteris adiantifolia Fontaine 1889
†Aspleniopteris pinnatifida Fontaine 1889
G. †Asplenites Göppert 1836
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†Asplenites heterophyllus Goeppert 1836
†Asplenites roesserti Schenk 1883
G. †Astralopteris Tidwell et al. 1967
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G. †Comptoniopteris Marion 1890
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†Comptoniopteris cercalina Saporta 1894
G. †Cuddaloria Thiergart and Frantz 1963
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†Cuddaloria polyaperturata Thiergart and Frantz 1963
G. †Davallites Dawson 1883
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†Davallites richardsoni Dawson 1883
G. †Dennstaedtiopsis Arnold and Daugherty 1964
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†Dennstaedtiopsis aerenchymata Arnold and Daugherty 1964
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G. †Clathropteris Brongniart 1828
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†Clathropteris meniscioides Brongniart 1828
†Clathropteris platyphylla Göppert 1846
†Clathropteris rectiusculus Hitchcock 1855
G. Drynaria Smith 1842
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†Drynaria callispora Su et al. 2011
†Drynaria dimorpha Wu and Sun 2012
†Drynaria lanpingensis Huang et al. 2016
Subfm. Drynarioideae Crabbe et al. 1975
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G. Polypodiopteris Reed 1948
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†Polypodiopteris kivdensis Krassilov and Fedetov 1970
G. †Dryopterites Berry 1911
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†Dryopterites cystopteroides Fontaine 1889
†Dryopterites dentata Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Dryopteris microcarpa Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Dryopterites elliptica Fontaine 1890
†Dryopterites macrocarpa Fontaine 1889
†Dryopterites pinnatifida Fontaine 1890
†Dryopterites virginica Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Dryopteris oblongifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Gemmatosporis Krutzsch 1959
G. Goniopteris Presl 1836
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†Goniopteris bunburii Heer 1861
†Goniopteris pulchella Lesquereux 1875
†Goniopteris striacus Unger 1847
G. †Gymnogramma Lehmannii
G. †Laevigatosporites Ibrahim 1933
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†Laevigatosporites arcotensis Ramanujam 1967
†Laevigatosporites cognatus Sah and Kar 1969
†Laevigatosporites discordatus Thomson and Pflug 1953
†Laevigatosporites gracilis Wilson and Webster 1946
†Laevigatosporites haardti Thomson and Pflug 1959
†Laevigatosporites irritans Thiergart and Frantz 1962
†Laevigatosporites lakiensis Sah and Kar 1969
†Laevigatosporites major Krutzsch 1959
†Laevigatosporites ovatus Wilson and Webster 1946
†Laevigatosporites punctatus Venkatachala and Kar 1968
†Laevigatosporites tibuensis Jaramillo and Dilcher 2001
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Invalid names: Psilamonoletes tibui Van der Hammen 1956 [synonym]
G. Lastrea Bory 1824
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†Lastrea fischeri Heer 1855
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Invalid names: Lastrea knightiana Newberry 1882 [synonym]
†Lastrea goldiana Lesquereux 1878
†Lastrea styriaca Heer 1855
G. Lepisorus Smith 1846
G. †Leptochilites Andreanszky 1959
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†Leptochilites sarmaticus Andreanszky 1959
G. †Meniphylloides Berry 1916
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G. Meyeripollis Baksi 1970
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Invalid names: Nonaperturipites evansi Biswas 1962 [synonym]
Subfm. Microsoroideae Nayar 1970
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G. Microsorum Link 1833
G. †Microtaenia Knowlton 1918
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†Microtaenia variabilis Knowlton 1918
G. †Onychiopsis Yokoyama 1895
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†Onychiopsis brevifolia Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Thyrsopteris dentata Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris heterophylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris nana Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris pachyphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris retusa Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris sphenopteroides Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris squarrosa Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Onychiopsis elongata Geyler 1889
†Onychiopsis goepperti Schenk 1871
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Invalid names: Thyrsopteris alata Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris angustiloba Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris bella Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris decurrens Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris densifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris distans Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris elliptica Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris inaequipinnata Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris microloba Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris pachyrachis Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris pinnatifida Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris rarinervis Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris rhombifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris rhombiloba Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris varians Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris virginica Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Onychiopsis latiloba Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Thyrsopteris brevipennis Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris crenata Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris divaricata Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Onychiopsis nervosa Fontaine 1889
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Invalid names: Adiantites parvifolius Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris crassinervis Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris heteroloba Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris maakiana Heer 1876 [synonym], Thyrsopteris meekiana Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris obtusiloba Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris pecopteroides Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
†Onychiopsis paradoxus Bose and Sukh-Dev 1961
†Onychiopsis psilotoides Stokes and Webb 1824
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Invalid names: Thyrsopteris angustifolia Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris dentifolia Fontaine 1899 [synonym], Thyrsopteris insignis Fontaine 1889 [synonym], Thyrsopteris microphylla Fontaine 1889 [synonym]
G. †Palaeosorum Jacques and Zhou 2013
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†Palaeosorum ellipticum Jacques and Zhou 2013
G. †Phanerophlebites Knowlton 1922
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†Phanerophlebites pealei Knowlton 1922
G. Phymatodes Presl 1836
G. Phymatopteris Smith 1875
Subfm. Platycerioideae Nayar 1970
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G. Platycerium Desvaux 1827
G. Pyrrosia Mirbel 1803
G. †Platyceriphyllum Velenovsky 1889
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†Platyceriphyllum cretaceum Velenovsky 1889
G. Pleopeltis von Humboldt and Bonpland 1810
G. †Podoloma Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
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†Podoloma affine Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
†Podoloma polypodioides Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
G. †Polypodiaceaesporites Thiergart
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†Polypodiaceaesporites tertiarus Sah and Dutta 1968
Subfm. Polypodioideae Sweet 1826
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G. Polypodium Linnaeus
G. Polypodium Linnaeus 1753
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†Polypodium dentatum Fontaine 1889
†Polypodium fadyenioide Fontaine 1889
†Polypodium oregonense Fontaine 1905
G. †Praedeparia Stur 1921
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†Praedeparia banatica Stur 1921
G. †Trichotomosulcites Couper 1953
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G. †Verrucatosporites Pflug and Thomson 1953
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†Verrucatosporites alienus Thomson and Pflug 1953
†Verrucatosporites favus Krutzsch 1967
†Verrucatosporites usmensis Germeraad et al. 1968
Invalid names: Asplenieae [empty], Grammitidaceae Newman [synonym], Grammitidoideae Parris and Sundue 2016 [empty], Loxogrammoideae Schneid 2011 [empty], Polypodieae [empty], Pterideae [empty]
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 Eifelian to the top of the Holocene or 393.47000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 387.95 Ma

Collections (1331 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guizhou) Laevigatosporites comutatus (22765)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites spectabilis (24177)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites spectabilis (24509)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites sp. (24527) Adiantites spectabilis (27043 27044) Adiantites spectabilis, Adiantites ungeri (24511 24531) Adiantites ungeri (24558)
Tournaisian - Visean358.86 - 330.3United Kingdom (Wales) Adiantites antiquus, Adiantites machanekii (34465)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Utah) Adiantites tenufolius (11209)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites indet. (28210) Adiantites mirabilis (28296) Adiantites sp. (28173 28843) Adiantites ungeri (24662)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4Canada (Nova Scotia) Adiantites tenuifolius (28859)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4India (Himachal Pradesh) Adiantites sp. (224624)
Tournaisian - Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Pennsylvania) Adiantites spectabilis, Adiantites ungeri (24513)
Carboniferous - Permian358.86 - 251.902USA (Arizona) Laevigatosporites sp. (10750)
Visean - Namurian346.7 - 318.7Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Adiantites sp. (28022)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Adiantites machanekii (35779)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Arkansas) Laevigatosporites desmoinesensis (124904) Laevigatosporites desmoinesensis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (124539)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Middle Pennsylvanian323.4 - 307.0USA (Illinois) Laevigatosporites desmoinesensis (126926) Laevigatosporites desmoinesensis, Laevigatosporites medius (127313) Laevigatosporites ovalis (126927)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Laevigatosporites desmoinensis, Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (23630) Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites punctatus (23561)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Colorado) Adiantites rockymontanus (11206)
Bashkirian - Gzhelian323.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Laevigatosporites desmoinensis, Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (23635 23641) Laevigatosporites desmoinensis, Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris, Laevigatosporites punctatus (23516 23577 23629 23631 23647 23707) Laevigatosporites desmoinensis, Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites punctatus (23526) Laevigatosporites desmoinensis, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (23706) Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (23563) Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites minutus, Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris, Laevigatosporites punctatus (23560 23566) Laevigatosporites globosus, Laevigatosporites medius, Laevigatosporites ovalis (23514)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian - Late/Upper Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Laevigatosporites ovalis, Laevigatosporites vulgaris (127306)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Laevigatosporites vulgaris (127212)