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Salviniales

Polypodiopsida - Salviniales

Taxonomy
Salviniales was named by Link (1833). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiidae by I (2016); and to Polypodiopsida by Jud (2011), Hermsen et al. (2013) and De Benedetti et al. (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Salviniales Link
1999Hydropteridales Archangelsky et al. p. 1201
2011Salviniales Jud
2013Salviniales Hermsen et al.
2016Salviniales I
2024Salviniales De Benedetti et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
subclassPolypodiidae()
orderSalvinialesLink 1833
orderSalvinialesLink 1833

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.

Or. Salviniales Link 1833
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Fm. †Azollaceae Wettstein 1903
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G. †Azollopsis Hall 1968
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Azollopsis intermedia Sweet and Hills 1974
Azollopsis tormentosa Hall 1968
G. †Paleoazolla Archangelsky et al. 1999
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Paleoazolla patagonica Archangelsky et al. 1999
G. †Parazollopsis Lapasha and Miller 1985
Fm. †Salviniaceae Lestiboudois
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G. †Ariadnaesporites PotoniĆ© 1956
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Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus Phillips and Felix 1971
G. Azolla Lamarck 1783
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Azolla andreisii De Benedetti et al. 2021
Azolla colhuehuapensis Vallati et al. 2017
Azolla coloniensis De Benedetti and Zamaloa 2018
Azolla deccanensis Patil and Upadhya 1980
Azolla indica Trivedi and Verma 1971
Azolla intertrappea Sahni and Rao 1934
Azolla keuja Hermsen et al. 2019
Azolla nana Dorofeev 1980
Azolla primaeva Arnold 1955
Azolla prisca Reid and Chandler 1926
Azolla schopfii Dijkstra 1961
Azolla stanleyi Jain and Hall 1969
Azolla velus Jain and Hall 1969
Azolla ventricosa Dorofeev 1955
G. †Azollophyllum Penhallow 1890
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Azollophyllum primaevum Penhallow 1890
G. †Massulites Sahni and Rao 1943
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Massulites coelatus Sahni and Rao 1943
G. Salvinia Adanson 1763 [watermoss]
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Salvinia coahuilensis Weber 1973
Salvinia elliptica Newberry 1894
Salvinia formosa Heer 1859
Salvinia graui Herbst et al. 1987
Salvinia hainanensis Wang et al. 2014
Salvinia intertrappea Mahabale 1950
Salvinia preauriculata Berry 1925
Invalid names: Sausarospermum Sahni and Srivastava 1940 [nomen nudum]
Invalid names: Hydropteridales Willdenow [synonym]
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 Albian to the top of the Holocene or 105.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (381 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Egypt (Western Desert) Ariadnaesporites sp. (144965)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Canada (Nunavut) Ariadnaesporites intermedius (32584)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Canada (Alberta) Ariadnaesporites cristatus (31709 31710 31713)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Kansas) Ariadnaesporites ariadnae (32644 32694)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) Ariadnaesporites varius (31950 31952 32406) Azolla sp., Ariadnaesporites varius (31943 31945)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Canada (Nunavut) Ariadnaesporites intermedius (32582)
Cenomanian - Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Kansas) Ariadnaesporites ariadnae (32655)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Ariadnaesporites cristatus (34742)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Ariadnaesporites longiprocessum (34051 34052)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Salvinia coahuilensis (168062)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.7Argentina (Chubut) Azolla like, Paleoazolla patagonica (195706) Paleoazolla patagonica, Azolla type (195707)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus (33007 33009 33010 33012 33013 33014 33017 33019 33020 33021 33024 33057 33069) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus (33001 33003 33004 33005 33015 33022) Ariadnaesporites caperatus (33059)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus (31824 31825 31827 31872 31873 31944) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus (31801 31802 31828 31853 31874 31875) Ariadnaesporites antiquatus, Ariadnaesporites caperatus, Ariadnaesporites fustiformis (31826) Ariadnaesporites caperatus (31734) Ariadnaesporites cristatus (31803 31820 31840 31866 31933) Ariadnaesporites cristatus, Ariadnaesporites reticulatus, Ariadnaesporites rugulatus (31817) Ariadnaesporites cristatus, Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus (31818) Ariadnaesporites rugulatus (31846 31850) Ariadnaesporites spinocaperatus (31809)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Maryland) Ariadnaesporites intermedius (34053)
Coniacian - Maastrichtian89.8 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Azolla sp.1, Azolla sp.2, Azolla sp., Ariadnaesporites micromedusus (233992)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Netherlands (Limburg) Ariadnaesporites capulifer (31793 31797)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Alberta) Ariadnaesporites longiprocessum (33016 33018) Azolla conspicua (33008 33034) Azollopsis coccoides (32997 34161 34262 34270 34271 34274) Azollopsis intermedia (34157 34158 34160 34162) Azollopsis pusilla (34155 34156)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0South Sudan Ariadnaesporites sp. (199957)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Azolla sp. (167466)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Azolla fistulosa (33040)