Polypodiales

Polypodium +‎ -ales

Polypodiales

1. A taxonomic order within the class Pteridopsida – polypods and many other ferns.

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class

• (order): Saccolomataceae, Lonchitidaceae, Cystodiaceae, Lindsaeaceae, Pteridaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae – families; eupolypods I, eupolypods II – clades

Obsolete families formerly within Polypodiales

• Drynariaceae (now tribe Drynarieae), Grammitidaceae (now clade grammitids), Gymnogrammitidaceae (sole genus Gymnogrammatis, now in Polypodiaceae), Loxogrammaceae (now tribe Loxogrammeae), Platyceriaceae (now tribe Platycerioideae), Pleurosoriopsidaceae (type species Pleurosoriopsis now in family Polypodiaceae)
• Nephrolepidaceae, type genus Nephrolepis, now in family Lomariopsidaceae
• Vittariaceae, type genus Vittaria, now in family Pteridaceae

• Polypodiales on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polypodiales on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polypodiales on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Polypodiales at APWeb
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI