Eupolypods II
| Eupolypods II | |
|---|---|
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| Blechnum moorei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pteridophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| (unranked): | Eupolypods II |
| Families | |
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Aspleniaceae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blechnales Pic.Serm. ex Reveal 1993 | |
Eupolypods II is a clade of ferns in the order Polypodiales, under the class Polypodiopsida.[1] This group generally corresponds with the order Blechnales described by J. L. Reveal in 1993.[2] However, the Blechnales families were found to be embedded within the larger definition of the order Polypodiales describe by Smith et al., 2006,[1] so according to their system, the group is treated as an informal clade.[3]
This clade includes some important ferns, including the Sensitive fern, Onoclea sensibilis, which grows as a virtual weed throughout much of its temperate North American range, and ferns of the genus Thelypteris, a genus that has shown remarkable speciation. It also includes one of the more common horticultural ferns, the Ostrich fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris.
Phylogenic relationships
The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between the families of eupolypods II, based on Lehtonen, 2011,[3] and Rothfels & al., 2012.[4]
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References
- 1 2 Alan R. Smith; Kathleen M. Pryer; Eric Schuettpelz; Petra Korall; Harald Schneider; Paul G. Wolf (2006). "A classification for extant ferns" (PDF). Taxon. 55 (3): 705–731. doi:10.2307/25065646. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26.
- ↑ Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli ex J. L. Reveal in Phytologia 74:175. 1993.
- 1 2 Samuli Lehtonen (2011). "Towards Resolving the Complete Fern Tree of Life" (PDF). PLoS ONE. 6 (10): e24851. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024851. PMC 3192703. PMID 22022365.
- ↑ Carl J. Rothfels; Anders Larsson; Li-Yaung Kuo; Petra Korall; Wen- Liang Chiou; Kathleen M. Pryer (2012). "Overcoming Deep Roots, Fast Rates, and Short Internodes to Resolve the Ancient Rapid Radiation of Eupolypod II Ferns". Systematic Biology. 61 (1): 490–509. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys001. PMID 22223449.