Subclass

Polypodiidae (Leptosporangiate ferns)

Polypodium glycyrrhiza. Photo: (c) Richard Droker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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The Polypodiidae, commonly called leptosporangiate ferns, formerly Leptosporangiatae, are one of four subclasses of ferns, and the largest of these, being the largest group of living ferns, including some 11,000 species worldwide. The group has also been treated as the class Pteridopsida or Polypodiopsida, although other classifications assign them a different rank. Older names for the group include Filicidae and Filicales, although at least the “water ferns” (now the Salviniales) were then treated separately.

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Subtaxa

Order: Salviniales

Order: Polypodiales

Order: Cyatheales (Tree ferns and allies)

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