Gleicheniales
Order of ferns / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article defines the Gleicheniales in a loose sense. For the restricted definition, see Gleicheniaceae.
Gleicheniales is an order of ferns in the subclass Polypodiidae (the leptosporangiate ferns). The Gleicheniales have records potentially as early as the Carboniferous, but the oldest unambiguous records date to the Permian.
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Gleicheniales | |
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Dipteris conjugata of the Dipteridaceae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Subclass: | Polypodiidae |
Order: | Gleicheniales Schimp. |
Families | |
Synonyms | |
Gleicheniatae |
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