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Taxon: Class Filicopsida C.Agardh (1822) - ferns (plant)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C. Agardh, 1822, nom. illeg.
Original name:  Agardh, C. 1822. Aphor. Bot.: 114. [19 Jun 1822].

Attributes

Type genus: illegitimate (nom.[: typ.] illeg.) [IC[B]N, 2025: Art. 16.1(a) (>family)] Ref: J.L. Reveal, 22 Mar 2009.

Types

Automatically typified subtaxon of: Filices (Infraphylum) (L.) Cavalier-Sm. (1998)
Automatically typified subtaxon: Filicaceae (Family) Juss. (1789), nom. illeg. Ref: J.L. Reveal, 22 Mar 2009.
Automatically typified subtaxon: Filicales (Order) Dumort. (1829), nom. illeg.

Variants

Different rank: Filicophytina (Subdivision)
Different rank: Filicopsida (Subdivision) Pfefferkorn (1976)
Different spelling: Filices (Class)

Synonyms

Accepted name: Pteridopsida (Class) Ritgen (1828) Ref: PBDB: 26 Jul 2015.
Synonymous name: Pteropsida (Class)
Including (pro parte): Polypodiopsida (Class) Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. (1966) Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 710.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: varens Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 30.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: ferns Ref: C.J. Cleal & B.A. Thomas, 1995: 13.
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