Pteridophyta

Pteris excelsa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classes (4): Equisetopsida - Marattiopsida - Polypodiopsida - Psilotopsida

Unplaced genera (1): †Ruflorinia

Name

1. Pteridophyta sensu Haeckel, 1866

Synonyms

• Cormophyta Braun in Ascherson, 1864

2. Pteridophyta sensu stricto

Synonyms

• Filicophyta
• Ophioglossophyta
• Polypodiophyta
• Polypodiophytina

Classifications

Haeckel (1866)

Generelle morphologie der organismen, Bd. 2.

• Pflanzenreich, Plantae
  • Cormophyta
    • Prothallophyta
      • Bryophyta
      • Pteridophyta (Filicinae, Cryptogamae vasculares)
        • Calamophyta
        • Filices
        • Rhizocarpeae
        • Lepidophyta

Eichler (1883)

Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde, 3rd ed., 1883. See Engler & Gilg (1919), [1].

[In Plantae (L.)]

• A. Cryptogamae
  • Division III. Pteridophyta
    • Classis I. Equisetinae
    • Classis II. Lycopodinae
    • Classis III. Filicinae

Bessey (1907)

A Synopsis of Plant Phyla, [2].

[In Plantae (L.)]

• Pteridophyta [excl. Calamophyta and Lepidophyta]
  • Eusporangiatae
  • Leptosporangiatae

Smith (1955)

Cryptogamic Botany, 2nd ed., vol. 2, [3].

"Pteridophytes"

• Division Psilophyta
  • Class 1. Psilophytinae
    • Order 1. Psilophytales
      • Family 1. Rhyniaceae
      • Family 2. Psilophytaceae
      • Family 3. Pseudosporochnaceae
      • Family 4. Zosterophyllaceae
      • Family 5. Asteroxylaceae
      • Order 2. Psilotales

• Division Lepidophyta
  • Class 1. Lycopodinae
    • Order 1. Lycopodiales
      • Family 1. Protolepidodendraceae
      • Family 2. Lycopodiaceae
    • Order 2. Selaginellales
      • Family 1. Selaginellaceae
      • Family 2. Miadesmiaceae
    • Order 3. Lepidodendrales
      • Family 1. Lepidodendraceae
      • Family 2. Lepidocarpaceae
      • Family 3. Bothrodendraceae
      • Family 4. Sigillariaceae
    • Order 4. Isoetales
      • Family 1. Pleuromeiaceae
      • Family 2. Isoetaceae

• Division Calamophyta
  • Class 1. Equisetinae
    • Order 1. Hyeniales
    • Order 2. Sphenophyllales
    • Order 3. Equisetales
      • Family 1. Calamitaceae
      • Family 2. Equisetaceae

• Division Pterophyta
  • Class 1. Filicinae
    • Subclass 1. Primofilices (or Inversicatenales, Coenopterideae, Palaeopteridales)
      • Order 1. Protopteridales
        • Family 1. Protopteridaceae
        • Family 2. Cladoxylaceae
      • Order 2. Coenopteridales
        • Family 1. Zygopteridaceae
        • Family 2. Botryopteridaceae
        • Family 3. Anachoropteridaceae
      • Order 3. Archaeopteridales
    • Subclass 2. Eusporangitae
      • Order 1. Ophioglossales
      • Order 2. Marattiales
    • Subclass 3. Leptosporangiatae
      • Order 1. Filicales
        • Family 1. Osmundaceae
        • Family 2. Schizaeaceae
        • Family 3. Gleicheniaceae
        • Family 4. Matoniaceae
        • Family 5. Dipteridaceae
        • Family 6. Hymenophyllaceae
        • Family 7. Cyatheaceae
        • Family 8. Dicksoniaceae
        • Family 9. Polypodiaceae
        • Family 10. Parkeriaceae
      • Order 2. Marsileales
      • Order 3. Salviniales

Kubitzki et al. (1990-)

Kubitzki, K. (ed.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 1990-. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany, [4].

Tracheophyta

• Divisio Pteridophyta
  • Classis Psilotatae
    • Familia Psilotaceae
  • Classis Lycopodiatae
    • Familia Isoetaceae
    • Familia Lycopodiaceae
    • Familia Selaginellaceae
  • Classis Equisetatae
    • Familia Equisetaceae
  • Classis Filicatae
    • Familia Aspleniaceae
    • Familia Azollaceae
    • Familia Blechnaceae
    • Familia Cheiropleuriaceae
    • Familia Cyatheaceae
    • Familia Davalliaceae
    • Familia Dennstaedtiaceae
    • Familia Dicksoniaceae
    • Familia Dipteridaceae
    • Familia Dryopteridaceae
    • Familia Gleicheniaceae
    • Familia Grammitidaceae
    • Familia Hymenophyllaceae
    • Familia Hymenophyllopsidaceae
    • Familia Lomariopsidaceae
    • Familia Lophosoriaceae
    • Familia Loxsomataceae
    • Familia Marattiaceae
    • Familia Marsileaceae
    • Familia Matoniaceae
    • Familia Metaxyaceae
    • Familia Monachosoraceae
    • Familia Nephrolepidaceae
    • Familia Oleandraceae
    • Familia Ophioglossaceae
    • Familia Osmundaceae
    • Familia Plagiogyriaceae
    • Familia Polypodiaceae
    • Familia Pteridaceae
    • Familia Salviniaceae
    • Familia Schizaeaceae
    • Familia Thelypteridaceae
    • Familia Vittariaceae

Christenhusz & Chase (2014)

"Ferns" in Classis Equisetopsida sensu Chase and Reveal (2009)

• Subclassis Equisetidae
  • Ordo Equisetales
    • Familia Equisetaceae
• Subclassis Ophioglossidae
  • Ordo Ophioglossales
    • Familia Ophioglossaceae
  • Ordo Psilotales
    • Familia Psilotaceae
• Subclassis Marattiidae
  • Ordo Marattiales
    • Familia Marattiaceae
• Subclassis Polypodiidae
  • Ordo Osmundales
    • Familia Osmundaceae
  • Ordo Hymenophyllales
    • Familia Hymenophyllaceae
  • Ordo Gleicheniales
    • Familia Gleicheniaceae
    • Familia Dipteridaceae
    • Familia Matoniaceae
  • Ordo Schizaeales
    • Familia Schizaeaceae
  • Ordo Salviniales
    • Familia Marsileaceae
    • Familia Salviniaceae
  • Ordo Cyatheales
    • Familia Cyatheaceae
  • Ordo Polypodiales
    • Familia Cystodiaceae
    • Familia Lonchitidaceae
    • Familia Lindsaeaceae
    • Familia Saccolomataceae
    • Familia Dennstaedtiaceae
    • Familia Pteridaceae
    • Familia Aspleniaceae
    • Familia Polypodiaceae

References

• Australian National Herbarium: A classification of the ferns and their allies [5]
• Abotsi, K.E., Kokou, K., Dubuisson, J-Y. & Rouhan, G. 2018. A first checklist of the Pteridophytes of Togo (West Africa). Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e24137. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e24137. Reference page. 
• Boersma, M. & Broekmeyer, L. M. (1971-1975) Index of figured plants and mega- fossils. ISBN: 90–6203-802-6
• Cantino, P.D., Doyle, J.A., Graham, S.W., Judd, W.S., Olmstead, R.G., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. & Donoghue, M.J. 2007. Towards a phylogenetic nomenclature of Tracheophyta. Taxon 56(3): 822–846. doi: 10.2307/25065865 Ingentaconnect. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. 2011. A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19: 7–54. doi: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2 (PDF) Reference page 
• Chase, M.W., & Reveal, J.L. 2009. A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 122–127. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J. & Chase, M.W. 2014. Trends and concepts in fern classification. Annals of Botany, 113(4): 571–594. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct299 Full text PDF Reference page. 
• Palacios-Rios, M. (2007). https://web.archive.org/web/20170107191324/http://www.helechos.com.mx/
• Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. 2006. A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3): 705–731. JSTOR ResearchGate PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Verdoorn, F. (ed.) (1938). Manual of Pteridology. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, [6].
• Tree of life: Leptosporangiate ferns [7]
• Pteridophyta Report on ITIS
• EOL: Pteridophyta

• World Ferns - Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World (Version 3.18 - September 2013)

Vernacular names

беларуская: Папарацепадобныя
català: Falguera
čeština: Kapraďorosty
Cymraeg: Rhedynen
dansk: Bregne
Deutsch: Gefäßsporenpflanzen
eesti: Sõnajalgtaimed / Pteridofüüdid / Tüvendeostaimed
English: Fern
español: Helecho
Esperanto: Filiko
euskara: Garoa, Ira
français: Filicophyta
עברית: שרכאים
lietuvių: Šertvūnai
magyar: Harasztok
македонски: Папратовидни растенија
Nederlands: Varens
日本語: シダ植物門
norsk: Karsporeplanter
polski: Paprocie
português: pteridófita
română: Ferigă
русский: Папоротниковидные
suomi: Saniaiset
svenska: Ormbunksväxter
தமிழ்: பன்னம்
татарча/tatarça: Абагасыманнар
ไทย: เฟิร์น
Tiếng Việt: Ngành Dương xỉ
Türkçe: Eğreltiler
українська: Папоротеподібні
walon: Fetchire
中文: 蕨类植物门

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