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Dryopteris

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales - Dryopteridaceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1763Dryopteris Adanson
1899Dryopteris Knowlton
1919Dryopteris Knowlton
1991Dryopteris Chauhan
2000Dryopteris Mabberley
2016Dryopteris I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderPolypodiales
RankNameAuthor
suborderPolypodiineaeDumort 1829
familyDryopteridaceaeHerter 1949
subfamilyDryopteridoideaeLink 1841
genusDryopterisAdanson 1763

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. Dryopteris Adanson 1763
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Dryopteris arguta Lesquereux 1868
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Invalid names: Aspidium lakesii Lesquereux 1878 [synonym], Sphenopteris membranacea Lesquereux 1873 [synonym]
Dryopteris civica Dawson 1896
Dryopteris cladophleboides Knowlton 1918
Dryopteris coloradensis Knowlton 1917
Dryopteris gleichenoides Knowlton 1901
Dryopteris indica Sharma 1971
Dryopteris kennerlyi Newberry 1863
Dryopteris kootaniensis Knowlton 1907
Dryopteris lakesii Knowlton 1930
Dryopteris lloydii Knowlton 1915
Dryopteris montanensis Fontaine 1892
Dryopteris nigricans Lesquereux 1873
Dryopteris polypodioides Ettingshausen 1873
Dryopteris scansa Cockerell 1908
Dryopteris serrata Brown 1962
Dryopteris seymouriensis Dusén 1908
Dryopteris weedii Knowlton 1899
Dryopteris xantholithensis Knowlton 1899
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Spore diameter20.0430.0360.0510.0430.011

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Holocene or 161.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Heilongjiang) D. sp. 1 (29616)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) D. cladophleboides, D. indica (225504)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0China (Jilin) D. sp. 1 (29583)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) D. coloradensis (31382)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Wyoming) D. coloradensis (31966)
Coniacian - Campanian89.8 - 72.1Canada (British Columbia) D. kennerlyi (35217 35218 35219)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica D. sp. (150271)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica D. seymouriensis (150274)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) D. carbonensis (54105)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Montana) D. serrata (53692)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Colorado) D. lakesi (39899 52932) D. serrata (52953)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Montana) D. lakesi (53527)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Wyoming) D. lakesi (57993) D. meeteetseana (40780) D. serrata (57990)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) D. whatcomensis (10643)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Wyoming) D. longipetiolatum (24157) D. weedii (24088) D. xantholithensis (24156)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) D. whatcomensis (22932 22965 22997)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) D. guyottii (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) D. guyottii (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. sp. (141997)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa cruz) D. sp. (141995)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (West Bengal) D. sp. (228810)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Michigan) D. sp. (70130 70131 70132)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) D. sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Loberia) D. sp. (136381 151639)