Dipteridaceae

Family of ferns

Umbrella ferns
Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Recent
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Dipteris conjugata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Gleicheniales
Family: Dipteridaceae
Seward & E.Dale 1901
Genera
  • Cheiropleuria Presl 1851
  • Dipteris Reinw. 1825
Synonyms
  • Cheiropleuriaceae Nakai 1928

The Dipteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Gleicheniales of the class Polypodiopsida.[1] They are commonly known as umbrella ferns and contain two genera, Cheiropleuria and Dipteris,[2] with a total of nine species confined to Asia, New Guinea and northern Australia[3] While currently a small family, they were much more abundant in the Mesozoic era, with the oldest fossils being known from the Middle Triassic of Italy, Australia and Argentina. Seven fossil genera are recognised, including Hausmannia, Clathropteris, Dictyophyllum, Thaumatopteris, Camptopteris, and Polyphacelus.[4]

The following diagram shows the placement of Dipteridaceae in a likely phylogenic relationship with the other two families of Gleicheniales.[5]

Gleicheniales
Gleicheniaceae

6 genera

Matoniaceae

2 genera

Dipteridaceae

Cheiropleuria – about 3 species

Dipteris – about 7 species

References

  1. ^ Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. JSTOR 25065646. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26.
  2. ^ Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; Xian-Chun Zhang; Harald Schneider (2011). "A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 7–54. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.2.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bodnar, Josefina; Drovandi, Juan; Morel, Eduardo; Ganuza, Daniel (2018). "Middle Triassic dipterid ferns from west-central Argentina and their relation to palaeoclimatic changes". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 63. doi:10.4202/app.00459.2018.
  5. ^ Samuli Lehtonen (2011). "Towards Resolving the Complete Fern Tree of Life" (PDF). PLOS ONE. 6 (10): e24851. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024851. PMC 3192703. PMID 22022365. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
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Classification of Archaeplastida or Plantae s.l.
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi)
Archaeplastida
Picozoa
Rhodelphidia
Rhodophyta
(red algae)
Glaucophyta
incertae sedis
Viridiplantae
or Plantae s.s.
(green algae &
land plants)
Prasinodermophyta
 Chlorophyta
Prasinophytina
Chlorophytina
Streptophyta
Phragmoplastophyta
Anydrophyta
Embryophyta
(land plants)
  • (see below↓)
Embryophytes or Plantae sensu strictissimo
Bryophytes
Marchantiophyta
(liverworts)
Anthocerotophyta
(hornworts)
Bryophyta
(mosses)
 Polysporangiophytes
Protracheophytes*
Tracheophytes
(vascular plants)
Paratracheophytes*
Eutracheophytes
Lycophytes
Euphyllophytes
Moniliformopses
Lignophytes
Progymnosperms*
  • †Noeggerathiopsida
  • †Aneurophytopsida
  • †Archaeopteridopsida
  • †Protopityales
Spermatophytes
(seed plants)
Pteridosperms*
(seed ferns)
and other extinct
seed plant groups
Acrogymnospermae
(living gymnosperms)
Angiospermae
(flowering plants)
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Fern classification
  • Supergroup Plant:
  • Bryophyta
  • Marchantiophyta
  • Polypodiophyta
  • Acrogymnospermae
  • Angiospermae
Basal clade
Cladoxylopsida
  • †Cladoxylales
    • †Cladoxylaceae
    • †Voelkeliaceae
  • †Hyeniales
    • †Hyeniaceae
  • Iridopteridales
    • †Iridopteridaceae
  • Pseudosporochnales
    • †Pseudosporochnaceae
  • †Steloxylales
    • †Steloxylaceae
Polypodiopsida
†Stauropterididae
†Zygopterididae
Equisetidae
Equisetales
  • †Asterocalamitaceae
  • †Autophyllitaceae
  • †Honseleriaceae
  • †Archaeocalamitaceae
  • †Paracalamitaceae
  • Calamitaceae
  • †Apocalamitaceae
  • †Konnostachyaceae
  • †Manchurostachyaceae
  • †Notocalamitaceae
  • †Schizoneuraceae
  • †Sorocaulinaceae
  • †Echinostachyaceae
  • †Gondwanostachyaceae
  • †Tchernoviaceae
  • Equisetaceae
Ophioglossidae
Psilotales
Ophioglossales
Marattiidae
Marattiales
  • †Knorripteridaceae
  • †Pecopteridaceae
  • †Ptychocarpaceae
  • †Weichseliaceae
  • †Asterothecaceae
  • †Danaeopsidaceae
  • Marattiaceae
Polypodiidae
  • †Anachoropteridales
    • †Anachoropteridaceae
    • †Psalixochlaenaceae
    • †Sermayaceae
  • †Botryopteridiales
    • †Botryopteridiaceae
  • †Senftenbergiales
    • †Senftenbergiaceae
  • †Urnatopteridales
    • †Crossothecaceae
    • †Discopteridaceae
    • †Urnatopteridaceae
Osmundales
Hymenophyllales
Gleicheniales
Schizaeales
Salviniales
Cyatheales
Thyrsopteridineae
Cyatheineae
Polypodiales
Saccolomatineae
Lindsaeineae
Pteridineae
Dennstaedtiineae
Aspleniineae
Polypodiineae
Taxon identifiers
Dipteridaceae


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