Pteridaceae

Pteridaceae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Recent
Pityrogramma austroamericana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Pteridineae
J.Prado & Schuettp.
Family: Pteridaceae
E.D.M.Kirchn.[1]
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Acrostichaceae A.B.Frank
  • Actiniopteridaceae Pic. Serm.
  • Adiantaceae Newman nom. cons.
  • Anopteraceae Doweld
  • Antrophyaceae Ching
  • Ceratopteridaceae Underw.
  • Cheilanthaceae M.P.Nayar
  • Cryptogrammaceae Pic.Serm.
  • Hemionitidaceae Pic.Serm.
  • Negripteridaceae Pic.Serm.
  • Parkeriaceae Hook.
  • Platyzomataceae Nakai
  • Sinopteridaceae Koidz.
  • Taenitidaceae Pic.Serm.
  • Vittariaceae Ching[1]
Adiantum lunulatum

Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales,[2] including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera[3] (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies.[4] The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recognized as separate families: the adiantoid, cheilanthoid, pteridoid, and hemionitidoid ferns. Relationships among these groups remain unclear, and although some recent genetic analyses of the Pteridales suggest that neither the family Pteridaceae nor the major groups within it are all monophyletic, as yet these analyses are insufficiently comprehensive and robust to provide good support for a revision of the order at the family level.

  1. ^ a b "Family: Pteridaceae E. D. M. Kirchn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2001-08-14. Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
  2. ^ Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group 2016.
  3. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
  4. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Chase, M. W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (4): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.