Dipteridaceae

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Umbrella ferns
Dipteris conjugata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida /
Pteridopsida (disputed)
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Dipteridaceae
Seward & E.Dale 1901
Genera
  • Cheiropleuria C.Presl 1851
  • Dipteris Reinw. 1825
Synonyms

Cheiropleuriaceae Nakai 1928

The Dipteridaceae is a family of ferns in the Gleicheniales order of the Polypodiopsida class.[1] They are commonly known as umbrella ferns and contain the two genera Cheiropleuria and Dipteris.[2] The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship with the other two families of the Gleicheniales.[3]

Gleicheniales

Gleicheniaceae

6 genera




Matoniaceae

2 genera


Dipteridaceae

Cheiropleuria



Dipteris





References

  1. Alan R. Smith, Kathleen M. Pryer, Eric Schuettpelz, Petra Korall, Harald Schneider & Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns". Taxon 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. 
  2. Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Xian-Chun Zhang & Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns". Phytotaxa 19: 7–54. 
  3. Samuli Lehtonen (2011). "Towards Resolving the Complete Fern Tree of Life". PLoS ONE 6 (10): e24851. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024851. 
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