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Polypodium

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiaceae

Taxonomy
Polypodium was named by Linnaeus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiidae by Ussow (1887) and Liu et al. (1996); and to Polypodioideae by I (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Polypodium Ussow
1996Polypodium Liu et al.
2016Polypodium I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
RankNameAuthor
familyPolypodiaceae
subfamilyPolypodioideaeSweet 1826
genusPolypodiumLinnaeus

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. Polypodium Linnaeus
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) P. sp. (75232)