Gleicheniales
| Gleicheniales Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Dipteris conjugata of the Dipteridaceae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Subclass: | Polypodiidae |
| Order: | Gleicheniales Schimp. |
| Families | |
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Dipteridaceae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gleicheniatae | |
Gleicheniales is an order of ferns in the subclass Polypodiidae (the leptosporangiate ferns). The Gleicheniales have records potentially as early as the Carboniferous, but the oldest unambiguous records date to the Permian.
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