vascular plants see Phylum Tracheophyta Sinnott ex Caval.-Sm. (1998)
   euphyllophytes see Clade Euphyllophyta Lecointre & Le Guyader 2006 [Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
     monilophytes - ferns see Clade Monilophyta Cantino & Donoghue 2007 [Doyle, Cantino & Donoghue 2020]
       Class Polypodiopsida Cronquist, Takht. & Zimmerm. (1966) - ferns
         core leptosporangiates
           Order Polypodiales Link (1833) - cathetogyrates
             ?Family Lindsaeaceae C.Presl ex M.R.Schomb. (1848) - lindsaeoids
               Genus Xyropteris K.U.Kramer (1958)