Gleicheniaceae

Forked ferns
Temporal range: Early Permian–Recent
Diplopterygium pinnatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Gleicheniaceae
(R.Br.) C.Presl
Subfamilies

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Synonyms
  • Dicranopteridaceae Ching 1954 ex Doweld 2001
  • Stromatopteridaceae Bierhorst 1968

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]

  1. ^ Christenhusz, M. J. M.; Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3). Magnolia Press: 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
  2. ^ Smith et al. (2006)