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Trilites

Polypodiopsida - Dicksoniaceae

Taxonomy
Trilites was named by Erdtman and Couper (1947) [emend. Dettmann, 1963]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Filicopsida by Dettmann (1963) and Archangelsky (1973); and to Dicksoniaceae by Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Trilites Erdtman and Couper
1963Trilites Dettmann
1973Trilites Archangelsky
2023Trilites Perez Loinaze et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyDicksoniaceaeSchomb 1849
genusTrilitesErdtman and Couper 1947

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. †Trilites Erdtman and Couper 1947
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Trilites annulata Cookson 1947
Trilites australis Cookson 1947
Trilites comaumensis Cookson 1953
Trilites densiverrucosus Menendez 1968
Trilites fasolae Archangelsky 1972
Trilites grandis Cookson 1947
Trilites komkraalensis Scott 1976
Trilites kopukuensis Couper 1960
Trilites neddeni Cookson 1947
Trilites ornamentalis Cookson 1947
Trilites parvallatus Krutzsch 1959
Trilites perverrucatus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites reticulata Cookson 1947
Trilites scabratus Ramanujam 1967
Trilites tuberculiformis Cookson 1947
Trilites verrucatus Couper 1953
Trilites volkheimerii Filatoff 1975
Trilites wolfgangii Sajjadi and Playford 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available