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Polypodiineae

Polypodiopsida - Polypodiales

Taxonomy
Polypodiineae was named by Dumort (1829). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polypodiales by I (2016).

Sister taxa
Davalliaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Lomariopsidaceae, Nephrolepidaceae, Oleandraceae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Polypodiineae Dumort
2016Polypodiineae I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumPteridophyta
classPolypodiopsida
subclassPolypodiidae()
RankNameAuthor
orderPolypodiales
suborderPolypodiineaeDumort 1829
suborderPolypodiineaeDumort 1829

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.

Subor. Polypodiineae Dumort 1829
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Fm. Davalliaceae Schomb 1848
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G. Davallia Smith 1793
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Davallia montana Knowlton 1899
Davallia walkeri Conran et al. 2010
Invalid names: Humata Cavanilles 1802 [synonym]
Fm. Dryopteridaceae Herter 1949
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G. Athyrium Roth 1800
G. †Ctenis Lindley and Hutton 1834
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Ctenis auriculata Fontaine 1896
Ctenis falcata Lindley and Hutton 1834
Ctenis grandifolia Fontaine 1896
Ctenis imbricata Fontaine 1889
Ctenis imjhiriensis Bose and Zeba-Bano 1979
Ctenis orovillensis Fontaine 1896
Ctenis sulcicaulis Phillips 1829
Ctenis wardii Fontaine 1896
Subfm. Dryopteridoideae Link 1841
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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
G. Polystichum Roth 1799
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Polystichum hillsianum Hollick 1902
G. Nephrodium Smith 1841
G. †Olfersites Guembel 1859
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Olfersites dichotomus Guembel 1859
Invalid names: Schizeites Guembel 1859 [replaced]
Invalid names: Elaphoglossoideae Pichi-Sermolli 1975 [empty], Polybotryoideae Liu and Zhang 2016 [empty]
Fm. Nephrolepidaceae Pichi-Sermolli 1975
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G. Nephrolepis Schott 1834
Fm. Oleandraceae Pichi-Sermolli 1965
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G. Oleandra Cavanilles 1801
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Oleandra arctica Heer 1874
Oleandra graminaefolia Knowlton 1907
Invalid names: Lomariopsidaceae Alston 1956 [empty]
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 (238 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria Ctenis lunzensis, Ctenis angustior (24683)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Ukraine Ctenis sp. 1 (30953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Japan (Yamaguchi) Ctenis sp. 1 (30209)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Hunan) Ctenis sp. 1 (29638)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Fujian) Ctenis sp. 1 (29781)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) Ctenis sp. (23002)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Greenland Ctenis minuta (23464 23479) Ctenis minuta, Ctenis nilssoni (23467 23939) Ctenis nilssoni (23380 23461 23934)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3South Korea Ctenis sp. 1 (30264 30265)
Carnian - Rhaetian237.0 - 201.3China (Guangdong) Ctenis sp. 1 (29892)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Hunan) Ctenis sp. 1 (29636)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Sichuan) Ctenis sp. 1 (30042 30045) Ctenis sp. 1, Ctenis sp. 2 (30030)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Jilin) Ctenis sp. 1, Ctenis sp. 2, Ctenis sp. 3 (29715)
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Xizang) Ctenis sp. 1 (30064)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Sichuan) Ctenis sp. 1 (29779 29936 30003 30028)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Kyrgyzstan Ctenis sp. 1 (30270)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3China (Jiangxi) Ctenis sp. 1 (29536)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Tajikistan Ctenis sp. 1 (30898 30908)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Japan Ctenis sp. 1, Ctenis sp. 2, Ctenis sp. 3 (30205)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Greenland Ctenis minuta (162253)
Rhaetian - Early/Lower Jurassic208.5 - 174.7Sweden (Scania) Ctenis nilssonii, Ctenis minuta, Ctenis latepinnata, Ctenis laxa (25046)