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Pteridaceae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Pteridaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Pteridaceae Mabberley
2007Pteridaceae Cladera et al.
2016Pteridaceae I
2016Pteridaceae Iglesias p. 360
2020Pteridaceae Vallati et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderPteridineaePrado and Schuettp 2016
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach
familyPteridaceaeReichenbach

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. Pteridaceae Reichenbach
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G. †Adiantopteris Vassilevskaja 1963
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†Adiantopteris tripinnata Cladera et al. 2007
Subfm. Cheilanthoideae Horvat 1927
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G. Cheilanthes Swartz 1806 [lip fern]
G. Pellaea Link 1841 [cliffbrake]
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†Pellaea antiquella Cockerell 1908
G. †Contignisporites Dettmann 1963
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†Contignisporites burgeri Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites burgerii Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites cooksonae Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites cooksoniae Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites cooksonii Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites crenatus Varma and Ramanujam 1984
†Contignisporites dettmannii Singh and Kumar 1966
†Contignisporites fornicatus Dettmann 1963
†Contignisporites kutchensis Venkatachala et al. 1968
†Contignisporites medeae Filatoff and Price 1988
†Contignisporites psilatus Singh and Kumar 1966
†Contignisporites triletus Venkatachala et al. 1968
Subfm. Cryptogrammoideae Lindsay 2009
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G. Coniogramme Fée 1852
G. Cryptogramma Brown 1823 [fern]
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Cryptogramma crispa Linnaeus 1753
G. Eriosorus Fée 1852
G. †Kolymella Samylina and Filipova 1970
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†Kolymella raevskii Samylina and Filipova 1970
G. Onychium Kaulfuss 1820
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Onychium japonicum Thunberg 1784
Subfm. Pteridoideae Link 1841
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G. Pteris Linnaeus 1753
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†Pteris affinis Lesquereux 1873
†Pteris bournensis Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
†Pteris dakotensis Lesquereux 1891
†Pteris elegans Newberry 1882
†Pteris eocenica Gardner and Ettingshausen 1879
†Pteris erosa Lesquereux 1878
†Pteris glossopteroides Dawson 1882
†Pteris hookeri Heer 1863
†Pteris idahoensis Knowlton 1898
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Invalid names: Pteris calabazensis Dorf 1930 [objective synonym]
†Pteris inquirenda Berry 1918
†Pteris linearis Knowlton 1918
Pteris mertensioides Willdenow 1810
†Pteris pseudopinnaeformis Lesquereux 1878
†Pteris russellii Newberry 1882
†Pteris sitkensis Heer 1869
Pteris stenophylla Wallich 1829
G. †Pterisisporites Sung and Zheng
Subfm. Vittarioideae Link 1841
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G. Adiantum Linnaeus 1753
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†Adiantum anastomosum Brown 1940
†Adiantum apalophyllum Gardner and Ettingshausen 1880
†Adiantum montanensis Knowlton 1907
Adiantum peruvianum Klotzsch 1844
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 Carnian to the top of the Holocene or 237.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 228.0 Ma

Collections (158 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30416 30818)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Romania Pteris sp. (31097)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Japan (Yamaguchi) Adiantopteris sp. 1, Adiantopteris sp. 2 (30208)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Gujarat) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites kutchensis (225331 227057) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites multimuratus, Contignisporites kutchensis (227058) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites multimuratus, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites triletus, Contignisporites psilatus (224785)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites psilatus (224685)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Japan Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30200)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Gujarat) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii (224625)
Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous161.5 - 100.5India (Madhya Pradesh) Contignisporites sp., Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites dettmannii, Contignisporites psilatus (224642)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Japan Adiantopteris sp. 1 (30204)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Portugal Adiantum sp. (24530)
Neocomian - Barremian145.0 - 125.0Sudan (South Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (172845 172849)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites dettmannii (224609)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) Contignisporites cooksoniae (150017 150025 150030)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Adiantum expansum (73497)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45United Kingdom (England) Contignisporites dorsostriatus (45193)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Adiantopteris sp. (212809)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) Contignisporites sp. (139498 139499 139501)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142198 142199 142200)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Contignisporites cooksonii (73548)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adiantopteris tripinnata (150879) Contignisporites burgeri (223334) Contignisporites cooksonii (149982) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites burgerii (150185) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Contignisporites burgeri (223031)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Sudan (South Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (145157)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Sudan (West Kurdufan) Contignisporites sp. (145172)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Contignisporites glebulentus, Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites burgerii (150615)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0India (Gujarat) Contignisporites fornicatus, Contignisporites cooksonii, Adiantopteris sp. (32378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142202 142204 142205)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites multimuratus (153429)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (South Australia) Contignisporites glebulentus (164489 164490 164525)
Early/Lower Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian112.03 - 93.5Argentina (Santa Cruz) Contignisporites glebulentus (149928)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae, Contignisporites fornicatus (153430)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Australia (South Australia) Contignisporites fornicatus (163896)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) Contignisporites sp. (142206 142207)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica Contignisporites cooksoniae (169324 169325 169326)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica Pteridaceae indet. (234985)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Contignisporites fornicatus (150182)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) Pteris sitkensis (112312)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Pteris silvicola (28741)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Adiantum sp., Adiantum apalophyllum, Pteris eocenica (24106)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Cuba (Camaguey) Pteris dentata (34365)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Pteris dentata (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar (Sagaing) Pterisisporites sp. (227630)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Adiantum anastomosum (228147)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Myanmar (Sagaing) Pterisisporites sp. (227633 227634 227647 227650 227651 227661 227667 227669 227671 227673 227674 227696 227697 227698 227701 227710 227714 227780 227781 227782 227783 227784 227785 227802 227803 227807)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Pteris silvicola (35221 35237)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) Pteris sp. (141997)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) Pteris nirihuaoensis (141995)
Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Puerto Rico Pteris sp. (32288 32289 32292 32295)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adiantum patagonicum (31544)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro) Pteris nirihuaoensis (31543)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene33.9 - 5.333Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) Pteris nirihuaoensis (31540)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Panama Pteris sp. (32333 32334 32336 32337 32338 32394 32397)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Cheilanthes sp. (46323)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Pteris sp. (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica Pteridaceae indet., Pteridaceae indet 2, Pteridaceae indet 2., Pteris spp. (31168)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Bolivia Pteris sp. (34363)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Pteris sp. (223803)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama Pteris sp. (32451)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Pteris calabazensis (19206)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Pteris pennaeformis, Cheilanthes sp. (46225)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Taiwan (N/A) Coniogramme devoli (208972)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Taiwan) Coniogramme devoli (223908)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Cheilanthes sp. (46237)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Portugal Pteridaceae indet. (232125) Pteridaceae indet., Adiantum sp. (232146) Pteridaceae indet., Pteris sp. (232112) Pteris sp. (232122 232144)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama Pteris sp. (32308 32310 32311 32312)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bolivia (Pacajes) Pteris pacajensis (32002)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Pteris indet. (172870 172874 172883)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Tokyo) Pteris cretica (224546)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) Onychium sp. (224677 228819)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168893 168918 168924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pteris sp. (22115)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Pteris sp. (228848) Pteris sp., Onychium japonicum (228849)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Cheilanthes sp. (228817) Cheilanthes sp., Eriosorus sp., Pteris stenophylla (228813) Cheilanthes sp., Pteris stenophylla (228822) Pteris sp., Cheilanthes sp. (228816) Pteris stenophylla (228815)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris sp. (228779)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Pteris sp., Adiantum sp. (228810)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Panama Pteris sp. (32309)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Pteris sp. (168896)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Assam) Onychium sp. (228759)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Cheilanthes sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Sikkim) Pteris wallichiana, Pteris sp., Pteris mertensioides (228818)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Pteris sp. (228773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Pteris sp. (144662)