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	Topics Pteridopsida Topic Home The Pteridopsida is a class of plantPlant Plants are a major group of living things including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, ferns, and mosses.... s in the Division PteridophytaFern A fern is any one of a group of about 20,000 species of plants classified in the phylum or division Pteridophyta, also... that includes all the leptosporangiate fernLeptosporangiate fern Leptosporangiate ferns are vascular spore plants, whose sporangia arose from a single epidermal cell and not from a group of... s. In the recent 2006 classification by Smith et al. the class is renamed Polypodiopsida. This recent reclassification of MonilophyteMonilophyte Monilophyte refers to the monophyletic group of ferns, defined in a broad sense, which is sister group to the Spermatophytes... (ferns) is based on multiple molecular studies published since 1994 that have clarified some of the confusion of the placement and relations among fern families. Polypodiopsida is one of four classes of Monilophytes (an Infradivision, this rank is not recognized by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature), the other three being MarattiopsidaMarattiopsida Summary The Marattiales are basal ferns that are quite different from many plants familiar to people in temperate zones.... , EquisetopsidaEquisetopsida Equisetopsida, or Sphenopsida, is a class of plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian.... , and PsilotopsidaPsilotopsida Psilotopsida is a class of fern-like plants.... . Classification The classification scheme proposed by Smith et al.(alternative names in brackets): Order Osmundales Family OsmundaceaeOsmundaceae The Osmundaceae family of ferns is the only family of the order Osmundales, which in turn is the only order in the cla... Order Hymenophyllales Family Hymenophyllaceae (incl. Trichomanaceae) Order Gleicheniales Family Gleicheniaceae (incl. Dicranopteridaceae, Stromatopteridaceae) Family Dipteridaceae (incl. Cheiropleuriaceae) Family Matoniaceae Order Schizaeales Family Lygodiaceae Family Anemiaceae (incl. Mohriaceae) Family Schizaeaceae Order Salviniales Family MarsileaceaeMarsileaceae The Marsileaceae are a small specialised family of aquatic or semi-aquatic ferns, containing 3 genera and just over 70 speci... (incl. Pilulariaceae) Family Salviniaceae (incl. Azollaceae) Order CyathealesCyatheales The order Cyatheales is a taxonomic division of the fern subclass, Cyatheatae, which includes the tree ferns.... Family Thyrsopteridaceae Family Loxomataceae Family Culcitaceae Family Plagiogyriaceae Family Cibotiaceae Family CyatheaceaeCyatheaceae Summary The Cyatheaceae is a family of fern that includes the world's tallest tree ferns, which reach heights up to 20 m.... (incl. Alsophilaceae, Hymenophyllopsidaceae) Family DicksoniaceaeDicksoniaceae The Dicksoniaceae is a family of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns.... (incl. Lophosoriaceae) Family Metaxyaceae Order PolypodialesPolypodiales The order Polypodiales encompasses the major lineages of polypod ferns, which comprise more than 80% of today's fern species... Family LindsaeaceaeLindsaeaceae Summary Lindsaeaseae contains genera that were formerly considered part of Dennstaedtiaceae.... (incl. Cystodiaceae, Lonchitidaceae) Family SaccolomataceaeSaccolomataceae Saccolomataceae has been formerly treated as a member of the Dennstaedtiaceae, however it has been classified as its own fam... Family DennstaedtiaceaeDennstaedtiaceae Dennstaedtiaceae is the only family of ferns in the order Dennstaedtiales.... (incl. Hypolepidaceae, Monachosoraceae, Pteridiaceae) Family PteridaceaePteridaceae Pteridaceae is a large family of ferns in the order Pteridales.... (incl. Acrostichaceae, Actiniopteridaceae, Adiantaceae, Anopteraceae, Antrophyaceae, Ceratopteridaceae, Cheilanthaceae, Cryptogrammaceae, Hemionitidaceae, Negripteridaceae, ParkeriaceaeParkeriaceae Parkeriaceae is a small fern family, including only a single genus, Ceratopteris.... , Platyzomataceae, Sinopteridaceae, Taenitidaceae, VittariaceaeVittariaceae Vittariaceae is a family of ferns in the order Pteridales.... ) Family AspleniaceaeAspleniaceae The Aspleniaceae is a family of ferns, the only family in the order Aspleniales.... Family ThelypteridaceaeThelypteridaceae Thelypteridaceae is a family of terrestrial ferns.... Family WoodsiaceaeWoodsiaceae Woodsiaceae or Cliff Fern is a family of fern within the Athyriales order.... (incl. AthyriaceaeAthyriaceae Athyriaceae is a family of 12-15 genera of terrestrial ferns, with a cosmopolitan distribution.... , Cystopteridaceae) Family BlechnaceaeBlechnaceae Blechnaceae is a family of ferns, the Pteridophyta.... (incl. Stenochlaenaceae) Family OnocleaceaeOnocleaceae Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns consisting of five north temperate species distributed among four genera:... Family DryopteridaceaeDryopteridaceae The Dryopteridaceae includes many ferns prized as ornamental plants, including the Wood ferns, Holly ferns, Florist's fern, ... (incl. Aspidiaceae, Bolbitidaceae, Elaphoglossaceae, Hypodematiaceae, Peranemataceae) Family LomariopsidaceaeLomariopsidaceae The Lomariopsidaceae is a family of ferns with a largely tropical distribution.... (incl. Nephrolepidaceae) Family Tectariaceae Family Oleandraceae Family DavalliaceaeDavalliaceae Davalliaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes seven genera, the species of which grow mostly in the old world tr... Family PolypodiaceaePolypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a family of polypod ferns, which includes approximately 50 genera divided into several tribes containing ar... (incl. Drynariaceae, Grammitidaceae, Gymnogrammitidaceae, Loxogrammaceae, Platyceriaceae, Pleurisoriopsidaceae)