Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Subsequent positions

Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)

Current position

Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)

Ref: PPG I, 2016: 578.

Alternative positions

Adiantaceae (Family) Newman (1840), nom. cons.	Ref: J.T. Mickel, 1982: 343.
Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1073.
Polypodiaceae (Family) J.Presl & C.Presl (1822)	Ref: R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984: 1983.
Pteridaceae (Family) E.D.M.Kirchn. (1831)	Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 714. [rough position]

Historical positions

Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 767.
Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)	Ref: PPG I, 2016: 578.
Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 51.
Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 714, 715.
Pteridoideae (Subfamily) Link (1841)	Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 714, 715.
Pteridaceae (Family) E.D.M.Kirchn. (1831)	Ref: A.B. Doweld, 2001: XI (footnote *). [implicit]
Filicinophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 398. [rough position]
Filicinophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 258. [rough position]
Adiantaceae (Family) Newman (1840), nom. cons.	Ref: J.T. Mickel, 1982: 343.
Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1073.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	9s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	149s