Clades:
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta;
Plants.
Members: 53 genera; 1211 species.
TaxonomyThe PPG1 classification places
Pteridales and the identical Pteridineae are plavced in the leptosporangiate ferns, also named
Polypodiales. Related to
Pteridales are Dennstaeadtiaceae and a monophyletic clade around
Lindsaeaceae, with monogeneric families Saccolomataceae, Cystodiaceaea and
Lonchitidaceae.
Plant theoryIn the
Plant theory Pteridales is made the only Order in
Pterididae.
Lindsaeaceae is included with the small families Saccolomataceae, Cystodiaceae and
Lonchitidaceae, and is placed in
Subphase 1 of
Pteridales.
Dennstaedtiaceae is placed in
Subphase 7.
Pteridaceae is split in five subfamilies and placed in
Subphase 2 to
Subphase 5.
Orders1
PteridalesLiteratureSchuettpelz, Eric; A molecular phylogeny of the fern family
Pteridaceae: Assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera; Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44, 1172–1185; 2007.
Zhang, Liang & others; A global plastid phylogeny of the brake fern genus Pteris (
Pteridaceae) and related genera in the
Pteridoideae; Wiley Blackwee; 2015.