Kingdom Plantae Higher classification Leptosporangiate fern | Scientific name Polypodiidae Rank Subclass | |
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Lower classifications Tree ferns, Mosquito ferns, Salvinia, Water ferns | ||
Polypodiidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III." This subclass comprises leptosporangiate ferns. It is equivalent to the class Polypodiopsida in previous treatments, including Smith et al., 2006.
Phylogeny
The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Polypodiidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.
References
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