Forked ferns Temporal range:
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Diplopterygium pinnatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Gleicheniales |
Family: | Gleicheniaceae (R.Br.) C.Presl |
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The forked ferns are the family Gleicheniaceae, which includes six genera and about 160 known species.[1] The formerly independent families Dicranopteridaceae and Stromatopteridaceae are generally included in the Gleicheniaceae, whereas the Dipteridaceae and Matoniaceae, although closely related, are considered separate families by most authors.[2]