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Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchner, 1831

105698 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:105698)

  1. Biota
  2. Plantae (Kingdom)
  3. Tracheophyta (Phylum)
  4. Polypodiophytina (Subdivision)
  5. Polypodiopsida (Class)
  6. Polypodiidae (Subclass)
  7. Polypodiales (Order)
  8. Pteridaceae (Family)
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  1. Genus Acrostichum Linnaeus, 1753
  2. Genus Actiniopteris Link, 1841
  3. Genus Adiantopsis Fée, 1852
  4. Genus Adiantum Linnaeus, 1753
  5. Genus Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852
  6. Genus Ananthacorus Underwood & Maxon ex Maxon, 1908
  7. Genus Anetium Splitgerber, 1840
  8. Genus Anogramma Link, 1841
  9. Genus Anthonya Windham & Pryer, 2025
  10. Genus Antrophyopsis (R.C. Benedict) E. Schuettpelz, 2016
  11. Genus Antrophyum Kaulfuss, 1824
  12. Genus Arctopteris Samylina, 1964 †
  13. Genus Argyrochosma (J. Smith) M.D. Windham, 1987
  14. Genus Aspidotis (Nuttall ex W.J. Hooker) E.B. Copeland, 1947
  15. Genus Astrolepis D.M. Benham & M.D. Windham, 1992
  16. Genus Austrogramme Fournier, 1873
  17. Genus Baja M. Windham & L.O. George in George et al., 2019
  18. Genus Bommeria Fournier in Baillon, 1877
  19. Genus Brasiliopteris J. Prado, Schuettpelz & Yatskievych, 2025
  20. Genus Calciphilopteris J.C. Yesilyurt & H. Schneider, 2010
  21. Genus Carlottahallia Windham, 2025
  22. Genus Ceratopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1822
  23. Genus Cerosora (J.G. Baker) Domin, 1929
  24. Genus Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  25. Genus Cheiloplecton Fée, 1857
  26. Genus Choristosoria Mettenius ex Kuhn in Kersten, 1879
  27. Genus Christenhuszia Schuettpelz & J.Prado, 2025
  28. Genus Circinites J.M. Robledo & L.M. Anzótegui in Robledo et al., 2020 †
  29. Genus Coniogramme Fée, 1852
  30. Genus Cosentinia Todaro, 1866
  31. Genus Cryptogramma R. Brown in Franklin, 1823
  32. Genus Doryopteris J. Smith, 1841
  33. Genus Eriosorus Fée, 1852
  34. Genus Estrellita M.D. Windham in Schuettpelz et al., 2025
  35. Genus Gaga K.M. Pryer, F.-W. Li & M.D. Windham, 2012
  36. Genus Gastoniella L.B. Zhang & L. Zhang, 2016
  37. Genus Haplopteris K.B. Presl, 1836
  38. Genus Hecistopteris J. Smith in Bentham, 1842
  39. Genus Heinrichsia L. Regalado, A.R. Schmidt, M. Krings & H. Schneider in Regalado et al., 2019 †
  40. Genus Hemionanthes Mickel, 1992
  41. Genus Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753
  42. Genus Jamesonia W.J. Hooker & Greville, 1830
  43. Genus Llavea Lagasca, 1816
  44. Genus Lytoneuron (J.F. Klotzsch) J.C. Yesilyurt, 2015
  45. Genus Mickelopteris C.R. Fraser-Jenkins, 2016
  46. Genus Mineirella M.M. Ponce & M.A. Scataglini, 2020
  47. Genus Monogramma Commerson ex Schkuhr, 1808
  48. Genus Myriopteris Fée, 1852
  49. Genus Namaquapteris Windham & Pryer, 2025
  50. Genus Nephopteris Lellinger, 1966
  51. Genus Neurocallis A.L.A. Fée, 1845
  52. Genus Notholaena R. Brown, 1810
  53. Genus Ochropteris J. Smith, 1841
  54. Genus Onychium Kaulfuss, 1820
  55. Genus Ormopteris J. Smith, 1875
  56. Genus Palibiniopteris V.D. Prynada, 1956 †
  57. Genus Paraceterach Copeland, 1947
  58. Genus Parahemionitis G. Panigrahi, 1993
  59. Genus Pellaea Link, 1841
  60. Genus Pellaeopsis J. Smith, 1875
  61. Genus Pentagramma G. Yatskievych, Windham & E. Wollenweber, 1990
  62. Genus Pityrogramma Link, 1833
  63. Genus Platyloma J. Smith, 1841
  64. Genus Polytaenium Desvaux, 1827
  65. Genus Pteridiopsis S.-L. Zheng & W. Zhang, 1983 †
  66. Genus Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  67. Genus Pterozonium Fée, 1850
  68. Genus Quechuapteris Windham, 2025
  69. Genus Radiovittaria (R.C. Benedict) E.H. Crane, 1998
  70. Genus Rheopteris Alston, 1956
  71. Genus Roebuckia S. McLoughlin, 1996 †
  72. Genus Scoliosorus T. Moore, 1857
  73. Genus Sericopteris J. Zhao, X.M. Zhou & Z.R. He, 2025
  74. Genus Syngramma J. Smith, 1845
  75. Genus Taenitis Willdenow ex Schkuhr, 1805
  76. Genus Trachypteris E.F. André ex Christ, 1899
  77. Genus Tryonia E. Schuettpelz, J. Prado & A.T. Cochran, 2014
  78. Genus Vittaria Smith, 1793
  79. Genus Vittarites B.D. Sharma, 1998 †
  80. Genus Ynesmexia Fauskee & Windham, 2025
  81. Genus Adenogramme Link ex Engler in Engler & Drude, 1908 accepted as Anogramma Link, 1841
  82. Genus Adianthum X. Manetti, 1756 accepted as Adiantum Linnaeus, 1753
  83. Genus Afropteris Alston, 1956 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  84. Genus Allosorus Bernhardi, 1805 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  85. Genus Anopteris Prantl ex Diels in Engler & Prantl, 1899 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  86. Genus Anthrophyum Kaulfuss, 1824 (Misspelling)
  87. Genus Aropteris Alston, 1956 accepted as Afropteris Alston, 1956 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  88. Genus Aspleniopsis Mettenius ex Kuhn, 1882 accepted as Austrogramme Fournier, 1873
  89. Genus Bakeropteris O. Kuntze, 1891 accepted as Doryopteris J. Smith, 1841 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  90. Genus Botryogramme Fée, 1852 accepted as Llavea Lagasca, 1816
  91. Genus Callogramme Fée, 1852 accepted as Syngramma J. Smith, 1845
  92. Genus Calomelanos (K.B. Presl) Lindley, 1846 accepted as Pityrogramma Link, 1833
  93. Genus Campteria K.B. Presl, 1836 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  94. Genus Cassebeera Kaulfuss, 1824 accepted as Doryopteris J. Smith, 1841 (rejected name)
  95. Genus Ceratodactylis J. Smith in W.J. Hooker, 1839 accepted as Llavea Lagasca, 1816
  96. Genus Ceropteris Link, 1841 accepted as Pityrogramma Link, 1833
  97. Genus Cheilopecton Fée, 1857 (Misspelling)
  98. Genus Cheilosoria Trevisan, 1877 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  99. Genus Chrysochosma (J. Smith) Kümmerle, 1914 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  100. Genus Chrysodium Fée, 1845 accepted as Acrostichum Linnaeus, 1753
  101. Genus Cincinalis Gleditsch ex Desvaux, 1811 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  102. Genus Copelandiopteris B.C. Stone, 1973 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  103. Genus Craspedodictyum Copeland, 1911 accepted as Syngramma J. Smith, 1845
  104. Genus Diclidopteris Brackenridge in Wilkes, 1854 accepted as Monogramma Commerson ex Schkuhr, 1808
  105. Genus Dictyogramme Fée, 1850 accepted as Coniogramme Fée, 1852
  106. Genus Dyctiogramme K.B. Presl, 1851 accepted as Coniogramme Fée, 1852
  107. Genus Ellobocarpus Kaulfuss, 1824 accepted as Ceratopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1822
  108. Genus Estrella M.D. Windham in Schuettpelz et al., 2025 accepted as Estrellita M.D. Windham in Schuettpelz et al., 2025 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Estrella Frenzel, 1893 (Protista) and Estrella P. Liu & M. Moczydłowska, 2019 (Acritarcha))
  109. Genus Furcaria Desvaux, 1827 accepted as Ceratopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1822
  110. Genus Gymnogramma Desvaux, 1811 accepted as Gymnopteris Bernhardi, 1799 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, superfluous name)
  111. Genus Gymnogramme G. Kunze, 1824 accepted as Gymnopteris Bernhardi, 1799 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753
  112. Genus Gymnopteris Bernhardi, 1799 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Genus Hemipteris Rosenstock, 1908 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  114. Genus Heterophlebium Fée, 1852 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  115. Genus Heteropteris Fée, 1869 accepted as Tryonella Pichi Sermolli, 1975 accepted as Doryopteris J. Smith, 1841 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  116. Genus Hewardia J. Smith, 1841 accepted as Adiantum Linnaeus, 1753
  117. Genus Holcochlaena J.G. Baker, 1867 accepted as Pellaea Link, 1841
  118. Genus Holttumia E.B. Copeland, 1941 accepted as Taenitis Willdenow ex Schkuhr, 1805
  119. Genus Holttumiella E.B. Copeland, 1941 accepted as Taenitis Willdenow ex Schkuhr, 1805
  120. Genus Idiopteris T.G. Walker, 1958 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  121. Genus Kirkpatrickia L.-B. Zhang, X.-M. Zhou & J. Zhao in Zhao et al., 2025 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  122. Genus Lathyropteris Christ, 1907 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  123. Genus Lemapteris Rafinesque, 1819 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  124. Genus Leptolepidium Hsing & S.K. Wu in S.K. Wu, 1979 accepted as Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  125. Genus Leptostegia D. Don, 1825 accepted as Onychium Kaulfuss, 1820
  126. Genus Litobrochia K.B. Presl, 1836 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  127. Genus Mildella Trevisan, 1877 accepted as Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  128. Genus Monogonia K.B. Presl, 1836 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  129. Genus Negripteris Pichi Sermolli, 1946 accepted as Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  130. Genus Nesoris Rafinesque, 1838 accepted as Pityrogramma Link, 1833
  131. Genus Neurogramma Link, 1841 accepted as Gymnopteris Bernhardi, 1799 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, superfluous name)
  132. Genus Neurogramme F.L.E. Diels ex A.J. Cronquist, 1972 accepted as Neurogramma Link, 1841 accepted as Gymnopteris Bernhardi, 1799 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753
  133. Genus Neurosoria Mettenius ex Kuhn, 1869 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  134. Genus Nevrocallis Fée, 1845 accepted as Neurocallis A.L.A. Fée, 1845
  135. Genus Nothochlaena G.F. Kaulfuss, 1824 accepted as Notholaena R. Brown, 1810
  136. Genus Notogramme K.B. Presl, 1851 accepted as Coniogramme Fée, 1852
  137. Genus Oeosporangium De Visiani, 1867 accepted as Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  138. Genus Oetosis Necker ex E.L. Greene, 1900 accepted as Vittaria Smith, 1793
  139. Genus Parahemionitis G. Panigrahi, 1991 accepted as Parahemionitis G. Panigrahi, 1993 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no latin description)
  140. Genus Parkeria W.J. Hooker, 1825 accepted as Ceratopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1822
  141. Genus Peripteris Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  142. Genus Phorolobus Desvaux, 1827 accepted as Cryptogramma R. Brown in Franklin, 1823
  143. Genus Phyllitis Rafinesque, 1819 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  144. Genus Platytaenia Kuhn, 1882 accepted as Taenitis Willdenow ex Schkuhr, 1805
  145. Genus Platyzoma R. Brown, 1810 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  146. Genus Pleurofossa Nakai ex H. Itô, 1936 accepted as Monogramma Commerson ex Schkuhr, 1808
  147. Genus Polyaetnium Desvaux, 1827 accepted as Polytaenium Desvaux, 1827
  148. Genus Pomatophytum M.E. Jones, 1930 accepted as Cheilanthes O. Swartz, 1806
  149. Genus Psilogramme Kuhn, 1882 accepted as Eriosorus Fée, 1852
  150. Genus Pteridanetium E.B. Copeland, 1947 accepted as Anetium Splitgerber, 1840
  151. Genus Pteridella Mettenius ex Kuhn in Kersten, 1879 accepted as Pellaeopsis J. Smith, 1875 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  152. Genus Pteridium Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  153. Genus Pycnodoria K.B. Presl, 1851 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  154. Genus Saffordia Maxon, 1913 accepted as Trachypteris E.F. André ex Christ, 1899 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  155. Genus Schizogramma Link, 1841 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753
  156. Genus Schizolepton Fée, 1850 accepted as Taenitis Willdenow ex Schkuhr, 1805
  157. Genus Schizostege W.F. Hillebrand, 1888 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  158. Genus Schizostegeopsis Copeland, 1958 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  159. Genus Sinopteris C. Christensen & Ching, 1933 accepted as Aleuritopteris Fée, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  160. Genus Syngrammatopsis Alston, 1952 accepted as Pterozonium Fée, 1850
  161. Genus Synochlamys Fée, 1857 accepted as Pellaea Link, 1841
  162. Genus Taeniopsis J. Smith, 1841 accepted as Vittaria Smith, 1793
  163. Genus Taeniopteris W.J. Hooker, 1841 accepted as Vittaria Smith, 1793
  164. Genus Teleozoma R. Brown in Franklin, 1823 accepted as Ceratopteris A.T. Brongniart, 1822
  165. Genus Thelipteris Adanson accepted as Thelypteris Adanson, 1763 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  166. Genus Thelypteris Adanson, 1763 accepted as Pteris Linnaeus, 1753
  167. Genus Toxopteris Trevisan, 1877 accepted as Syngramma J. Smith, 1845
  168. Genus Trichiogramme Kuhn, 1882 accepted as Pterozonium Fée, 1850
  169. Genus Trismeria Fée, 1852 accepted as Pityrogramma Link, 1833
  170. Genus Tryonella Pichi Sermolli, 1975 accepted as Doryopteris J. Smith, 1841 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  171. Genus Vaginopteris Nakai, 1943 accepted as Monogramma Commerson ex Schkuhr, 1808
  172. Genus Vaginularia Fée, 1852 accepted as Monogramma Commerson ex Schkuhr, 1808
  173. Genus Windhamia L.-B. Zhang, X.-M. Zhou & J. Zhao in Zhao et al., 2025 accepted as Hemionitis Linnaeus, 1753 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  174. Genus Coniodictyogramme Nakai, 1949 (uncertain, unassessed)
  175. Genus Diplothmema D. Stur, 1877 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  176. Genus Endoa T. Kimura, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  177. Genus Eriosonia Pichi Sermolli, 1977 (uncertain, unassessed)
  178. Genus Kolymella V.A. Samylina & G.G. Filippova, 1970 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  179. Genus Parkerioidea B. Renault, 1901 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  180. Genus Pityromeria L.D. Gomez, 1979 (uncertain, unassessed)
  181. Genus Pomataphytum Jones, 1930 (uncertain, unassessed)
  182. Genus Tchucotopteris N.D. Vassilevskaja, 1977 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Schul-Bot.: 109. 13-20 Oct 1831. [details] 
IRMNG (2021). Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchner, 1831. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105698 on 2026-09-12
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original description Schul-Bot.: 109. 13-20 Oct 1831. [details] 

basis of record CoL2006/ITIS [details] 

basis of record Reveal, J. L. (2006). USDA - APHIS - Concordance of Family Names, 2006 version. Available online at http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/usda/usdaindex.html. [details] 

current name source PPG [Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group]. (2016). A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns. <em>Journal of Systematics and Evolution.</em> 54(6): 563-603., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jse.12229 [details] 

extant flag source as per included genera [details] 

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details] 

original description (of Platyzomataceae Nakai, 1950) Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 29: 4. Dec 1950. [details] 

original description (of Parkeriaceae Hooker, 1825) Exot. Fl. 2: ad t. 147. Mar 1825. [details] 

original description (of Adiantaceae Newman, 1840) Hist. Brit. Ferns: 5. 1-5 Feb 1840. [details] 

original description (of Acrostichaceae Mettenius ex A.B. Frank, 1874 †) in J. Leunis, Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453, 1458.
page(s): 1874 [details] 

original description (of Vittariaceae Ching, 1940) Sunyatsenia 5: 210, 232. 30 Oct 1940. [details] 

original description (of Cryptogrammaceae Pichi Sermolli, 1963) Webbia 17: 299. 20 Apr 1963. [details] 

original description (of Actiniopteridaceae Pichi Sermolli, 1962) Webbia 17: 5. 31 Aug 1962. [details] 

original description (of Hemionitidaceae Pichi Sermolli, 1966) Webbia 21: 487. 15 Jul 1966. [details] 

original description (of Taenitidaceae Pichi Sermolli, 1975) Webbia 29: 1. 10 Feb 1975. [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Ferns, nonmarine [details]
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