Clades:
Marsileidae;
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 1 family,
Marsileaceae.
TaxonomyIn the PPG1 classifcation
Marsileaceae were included in the order
Salviniales.
Formerly Marsilea was included in the Hydropteridales (Rothwell and Stockey, 1994) or
Salviniales (A. Smith et al., 2006).
Plant theoryMarsileales is the only member of the Subclass
Marsileidae and class
Polypodianae. It has only one member
Marsileaceae, placed in
Phase 1. This is the common situation in the
Hydrogen series.
Salviniales is split in
Salviniaceae,
Azollaceae, and
Marsileaceae, in their own order and subclass, which are placed respectively in the classes
Lycopodianae,
Equisetanae, and
Polypodianae.