Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Polypodiopsida - (Order) Polypodiales

Current position

Pteridineae (Suborder)

Ref: PPG I, 2016: 577. [new position]

Alternative positions

Polypodiales (Order) Link (1833)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: App. (p. 998).
Pteridales (Order) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XI. [new position]

Historical positions

Polypodiales (Order) Link (1833)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 767, App. (p. 998).
Pteridineae (Suborder)	Ref: PPG I, 2016: 577. [new position]
Polypodiales (Order) Link (1833)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 51.
basal polypod families ([unranked])	Ref: T.N. Taylor et al., 2009: table (p. 386), App. 1 (p. 1028).
Polypodiales (Order) Link (1833)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 714, 928.
Polypodiales (Order) Link (1833)	Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 714-715, fig. 2; 727.
Pteridales (Order) Doweld (2001)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XI. [new position]
Pteridophyta (Division) Schimp. (1879)	Ref: D.M. Moore, 1982: 2. [rough position] [indirect]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	53g;39s;4ss; ‡2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jun 2023	[53g]
2017	D.J. Mabberley: 767	68g;1375s
2016	PPG I: 580	[53g]
2015	A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny: 52	[51g]
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 12 Aug 2011	23g;232s
2008	D.J. Mabberley: 714	45g;1100s
2006	A.R. Smith et al.: 714	~50[54]g;950s