Platycerioideae is a small subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] The subfamily is also treated as the tribe Platycerieae within a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae sensu lato.[2]
| Platycerioideae | |
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| Platycerium bifurcatum - Australian National Botanical Gardens, Canberra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Platycerioideae B.K.Nayar |
| Genera | |
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Two genera are recognized in PPG I:[1]
- Platycerium Desv.
- Pyrrosia Mirb.
References edit
- ^ a b PPG I (2016), "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns", Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 54 (6): 563–603, doi:10.1111/jse.12229, S2CID 39980610
- ^ Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014), "Trends and concepts in fern classification", Annals of Botany, 113 (9): 571–594, doi:10.1093/aob/mct299, PMC 3936591, PMID 24532607