Below are lists of extant
fern
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes exce ...
families and subfamilies using the classification scheme proposed by the
Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group, or PPG, is an informal international group of systematic botanists who collaborate to establish a consensus on the classification of pteridophytes ( lycophytes and ferns) that reflects knowledge about plant relatio ...
in 2016 (PPG I).
[ The scheme is based on molecular phylogenetic studies, and also draws on earlier classifications,][ particularly those by Smith ''et al.'' (2006),][ Chase and Reveal (2009),][ and Christenhusz ''et al.'' (2011).][ It rejects the very broad ]circumscription
Circumscription may refer to:
*Circumscribed circle
* Circumscription (logic)
*Circumscription (taxonomy)
*Circumscription theory, a theory about the origins of the political state in the history of human evolution proposed by the American anthrop ...
of some families used by Christenhusz and Chase (2014), whose Aspleniaceae corresponds to the entire suborder Aspleniineae
Aspleniineae is a suborder of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is equivalent to the clade eupolypods II in earlier systems; it is also treated as a single very broadly defined family Aspleniaceae. The suborder generally corresponds with the o ...
of PPG I.[
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Systematic order
*Class Polypodiopsida
A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes exce ...
Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. (ferns, including horsetails)
:*Subclass Equisetidae
Equisetidae is one of the four subclasses of Polypodiopsida (ferns), a group of vascular plants with a fossil record going back to the Devonian. They are commonly known as horsetails. They typically grow in wet areas, with whorls of needle-lik ...
Warm. (horsetails and scouring-rushes)
::*Order Equisetales
Equisetales is an order of subclass Equisetidae with only one living family, Equisetaceae
Equisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, ''Equisetum'', which ...
DC. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
::::*Family Equisetaceae
Equisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, ''Equisetum'', which comprises about twenty species.
Evolution and systematics
Equisetaceae is the only survivin ...
Michx. ex DC
:*Subclass Ophioglossidae
Ophioglossidae is one of the four subclasses of Polypodiopsida (ferns). This subclass consists of the ferns commonly known as whisk ferns, grape ferns, adder's-tongues and moonworts. It is equivalent to the class Psilotopsida in previous treatm ...
Klinge (whisk ferns, adder's-tongues and moonworts)
::*Order Psilotales
Psilotaceae is a family of ferns (class Polypodiopsida) consisting of two genera, '' Psilotum'' and ''Tmesipteris'' with about a dozen species. It is the only family in the order Psilotales.
Description
Once thought to be descendants of early va ...
Prant
::::*Family Psilotaceae
Psilotaceae is a family of ferns (class Polypodiopsida) consisting of two genera, ''Psilotum'' and '' Tmesipteris'' with about a dozen species. It is the only family in the order Psilotales.
Description
Once thought to be descendants of early v ...
J.W.Griff. & Henfr.
::*Order Ophioglossales
Ophioglossaceae, the adder's-tongue family, is a small family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only family in the order Ophioglossales, which together with the Psilotales is placed in the su ...
Link
::::*Family Ophioglossaceae Martinov
:::::*Subfamily Helminthostachyoideae C.Presl
:::::*Subfamily Mankyuoideae J.R.Grant & B.Dauphin
:::::*Subfamily Ophioglossoideae C.Presl
:::::*Subfamily Botrychioideae C.Presl
:*Subclass Marattiidae
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales is the only order in the subclass Marattiidae. The family has six genera and about ...
Klinge (marattioid ferns)
::*Order Marattiales
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales is the only order in the subclass Marattiidae. The family has six genera and about ...
Link
::::*Family Marattiaceae
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales is the only order in the subclass Marattiidae. The family has six genera and about ...
Kaulf
:*Subclass Polypodiidae Polypodiidae may refer to:
* Polypodiidae (cnidarians), a zoological family that only includes ''Polypodium hydriforme'', a cnidarian parasite of fish eggs
*Polypodiidae (plant), a botanical subclass of Equisetopsida sensu lato that includes the le ...
Cronquist, Takht. & W.Zimm. (leptosporangiate ferns)
::*Order Osmundales
Osmundaceae (royal fern family) is a family of ferns containing four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species. It is the only living family of the order Osmundales in the class Polypodiopsida (ferns) or in some classifications the only ord ...
Link (royal ferns)
::::*Family Osmundaceae
Osmundaceae (royal fern family) is a family of ferns containing four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species. It is the only living family of the order Osmundales in the class Polypodiopsida (ferns) or in some classifications the only ord ...
Martinov
::*Order Hymenophyllales
The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp pla ...
A.B.Frank (filmy ferns and bristle ferns)
::::*Family Hymenophyllaceae
The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp pla ...
Mart
:::::*Subfamily Trichomanoideae
The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp pla ...
C.Presl
:::::*Subfamily Hymenophylloideae Burnett
::*Order Gleicheniales
:''This article defines the Gleicheniales in a loose sense. For the restricted definition, see Gleicheniaceae.''
Gleicheniales is an order of ferns in the subclass Polypodiidae (the leptosporangiate ferns). The Gleicheniales have records potenti ...
Schimp
::::*Family Matoniaceae
Matoniaceae is one of the three families of ferns in the Gleicheniales order of the Polypodiopsida class. Fossil records reveal that Matoniaceae ferns were abundant during the Mesozoic era (about 250-million to 66-million years ago), during which ...
C.Pres
::::*Family Dipteridaceae
The Dipteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Gleicheniales of the class Polypodiopsida. They are commonly known as umbrella ferns and contain two genera, ''Cheiropleuria'' and ''Dipteris'', with a total of nine species confined to Asia, N ...
Seward & E.Dale
::::*Family Gleicheniaceae
The forked ferns are the family Gleicheniaceae, which includes six genera and about 160 known species. The formerly independent families Dicranopteridaceae and Stromatopteridaceae are generally included in the Gleicheniaceae, whereas the Dipteri ...
C.Presl
::*Order Schizaeales
Schizaeales is an order of ferns (class Polypodiopsida).
Description
While the three clades of Schizaeales are all well-distinguished from one another by numerous morphological characters, members of the order all have dimorphic fertile and s ...
Schimp.
::::*Family Lygodiaceae M.Roem
::::*Family Schizaeaceae Kaulf
::::*Family Anemiaceae Link
::*Order Salviniales
The order Salviniales (formerly known as the Hydropteridales and including the former Marsileales) is an order of ferns in the class Polypodiopsida.
Description
Salviniales are all aquatic and differ from all other ferns in being heterosporous, ...
Link
::::*Family Salviniaceae
Salviniaceae (), is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera ''Azolla'' and ''Salvinia
''Salvinia'', a genus in the family Salviniaceae, is a floating fern named in honor of Anton Ma ...
Martinov
::::*Family Marsileaceae
Marsileaceae () is a small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble other ferns. The group is commonly known as the "pepperwort family" or as the "water-clover family" because ...
Mirb.
::*Order Cyatheales A.B.Frank (tree ferns)
::::*Family Thyrsopteridaceae
''Thyrsopteris'' is a genus of tree fern. It contains a single living species, ''Thyrsopteris elegans'', endemic to the Juan Fernandez Archipelago off the coast of Chile. ''Thyrsopteris'' is the only genus in the family Thyrsopteridaceae in the ...
C.Presl
::::*Family Loxsomataceae
The Loxsomataceae are a family of ferns in the order Cyatheales with two extant genera in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated as the subfamily Loxsomatoideae of a very broadly ...
C.Presl
::::*Family Culcitaceae
''Culcita'' is a genus of ferns, native to the Americas, Macaronesia and Iberian Peninsula. It is the only genus in the family Culcitaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated ...
Pic.Serm
::::*Family Plagiogyriaceae
''Plagiogyria'' is a genus of ferns, the only genus in family Plagiogyriaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated as the subfamily Plagiogyrioideae of a very broadly defined ...
Bowe
::::*Family Cibotiaceae
''Cibotium'' (from Ancient Greek language, Greek , ''kibṓtion'', "little chest" or "box"), also known as manfern, is a genus of 11 species of tropical Cyatheales, tree ferns. It is the only genus in family Cibotiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylog ...
Koral
::::*Family Metaxyaceae
''Metaxya'' is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metax ...
Pic.Serm.
::::*Family Dicksoniaceae
Dicksoniaceae is a group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), and counting 30-40 species. Alternatively, the family may be sunk into a very bro ...
M.R.Schomb.
::::*Family Cyatheaceae
The Cyatheaceae are a family of ferns, the scaly tree ferns, one of eight families in the order Cyatheales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may defined much more broadly (Cyatheaceae ...
Kaulf.
::*Order Polypodiales
The order Polypodiales encompasses the major lineages of polypod ferns, which comprise more than 80% of today's fern species. They are found in many parts of the world including tropical, semitropical and temperate areas.
Description
Polypodiale ...
Link
:::*Suborder Saccolomatineae Hovenkamp
::::*Family Saccolomataceae
Saccolomataceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales with about 19 species. It has been formerly treated as part of the Dennstaedtiaceae, however it has been classified as its own family according to Smith et al. (2006) The genus '' Sa ...
Doweld
:::*Suborder Lindsaeineae Lehtonen & Tuomist
::::*Family Cystodiaceae
''Cystodium'' is a fern in its own family, Cystodiaceae. It contains a single species: ''Cystodium sorbifolium'' . Because it looks like a small tree fern, it had previously been placed in the tree fern family Dicksoniaceae. Subsequent analysis ...
J.R.Croft
::::*Family Lonchitidaceae Doweld
::::*Family Lindsaeaceae C.Presl ex M.R.Schomb.
:::*Suborder Pteridineae J.Prado & Schuettp
::::*Family Pteridaceae
Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recogni ...
E.D.M.Kirchn.
:::::*Subfamily Parkerioideae Burnett
:::::*Subfamily Cryptogrammoideae S.Lindsay
:::::*Subfamily Pteridoideae Link
:::::*Subfamily Vittarioideae
Vittarioideae is a subfamily of the fern family Pteridaceae, in the order Polypodiales. The subfamily includes the previous families Adiantaceae (adiantoids or maidenhair ferns) and Vittariaceae (vittarioids or shoestring ferns).
Description
The ...
Link
:::::*Subfamily Cheilanthoideae Horvat
:::*Suborder Dennstaedtiineae Schwartsb. & Hovenkamp
::::*Family Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns). It comprises 10 genera with ca 240 known species, including one of the world's most abundant ferns, ''Pteridium aquilin ...
Lotsy
:::*Suborder Aspleniineae
Aspleniineae is a suborder of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is equivalent to the clade eupolypods II in earlier systems; it is also treated as a single very broadly defined family Aspleniaceae. The suborder generally corresponds with the o ...
H.Schneid. & C.J.Rothf
::::*Family Cystopteridaceae Shmakov
::::*Family Rhachidosoraceae X.C.Zhang
::::*Family Diplaziopsidaceae X.C.Zhang & Christenh.
::::*Family Desmophlebiaceae Mynssen
::::*Family Hemidictyaceae
''Hemidictyum'' is a genus of ferns with a single species, ''Hemidictyum marginatum'', commonly known as the marginated half net fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Hemidic ...
Christenh. & H.Schneid.
::::*Family Aspleniaceae
The Aspleniaceae (spleenworts) are a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales. The composition and classification of the family have been subject to considerable changes. In particular, there is a narrow circumscription, Aspleniaceae ...
Newman
::::*Family Woodsiaceae
''Woodsia'' is a genus of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Woodsiaceae, placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. The family can also be trea ...
Herter
::::*Family Onocleaceae
Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family, along with Blechnaceae, may be ...
Pic.Serm.
::::*Family Blechnaceae
Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 ...
Newman
:::::*Subfamily Stenochlaenoideae (Ching) J.P.Roux
:::::*Subfamily Woodwardioideae Gasper
:::::*Subfamily Blechnoideae
Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 ...
Gasper, V.A.O.Dittrich & Salino
::::*Family Athyriaceae
The Athyriaceae (ladyferns and allies) are a family of terrestrial ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae, and includes two gene ...
Alston
::::*Family Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a ...
Ching ex Pic.Serm.
:::::*Subfamily Phegopteridoideae Salino, A.R.Sm. & T.E.Almeid
:::::*Subfamily Thelypteridoideae C.F.Reed
:::*Suborder Polypodiineae
Polypodiineae is a suborder of ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is equivalent to the clade eupolypods I in earlier systems, and to the very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae in the classification of Christenhusz & Chase (2014). It probably ...
Dumort.
::::*Family Didymochlaenaceae Ching ex Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang
::::*Family Hypodematiaceae Ching
::::*Family Dryopteridaceae
The Dryopteridaceae are a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. They are known colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder ...
Herter
:::::*Subfamily Polybotryoideae
Polybotryoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Dryopteridaceae.
Genera
The Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I) accepts the following genera:
* '' Cyclodium'' C.Presl
* ''Maxonia
''Maxonia'' is a genus of ferns in ...
H.M.Liu & X.C.Zhang
:::::*Subfamily Elaphoglossoideae
Elaphoglossoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Dryopteridaceae
The Dryopteridaceae are a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. They are known colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group clas ...
(Pic.Serm.) Crabbe, Jermy & Mickel
:::::*Subfamily Dryopteridoideae Link
:::::*2 genera unassigned to a subfamily
::::*Family Nephrolepidaceae Pic.Serm.
::::*Family Lomariopsidaceae Alston
::::*Family Tectariaceae
Tectariaceae is a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae. Alternatively, it may be treated as the ...
Panigrahi
::::*Family Oleandraceae Ching ex Pic.Serm.
::::*Family Davalliaceae M.R.Schomb.
::::*Family Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broade ...
J.Presl & C.Presl
:::::*Subfamily Loxogrammoideae
Loxogrammoideae is a small subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), with two genera, '' Dictymia'' and '' Loxogramme''. The subfamily was previously considered to be a se ...
H.Schneid.
:::::*Subfamily Platycerioideae
Platycerioideae is a small subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The subfamily is also treated as the tribe Platycerieae within a very broadly defined family Polypodi ...
B.K.Nayar
:::::*Subfamily Drynarioideae
Drynarioideae is a subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). The subfamily is also treated as the tribe Drynarieae within a very broadly defined family Polypodiaceae ''sen ...
Crabbe, Jermy & Mickel
:::::*Subfamily Microsoroideae B.K.Nayar
:::::*Subfamily Polypodioideae
Polypodioideae is a subfamily belonging to the fern family Polypodiaceae, which is a member of the suborder Polypodiineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the subfamily may be treated as th ...
Sweet
:::::*Subfamily Grammitidoideae
Grammitidoideae is a subfamily of the fern family Polypodiaceae, whose members are informally known as grammitids. It comprises a clade of about 750 species. They are distributed over higher elevations in both the Old and New World. This group w ...
Parris & Sundue
:::::*1 genus unassigned to a subfamily
Alphabetic order
* Anemiaceae Link (1 genus)
*Aspleniaceae
The Aspleniaceae (spleenworts) are a family of ferns, included in the order Polypodiales. The composition and classification of the family have been subject to considerable changes. In particular, there is a narrow circumscription, Aspleniaceae ...
Newman (2 genera)
*Athyriaceae
The Athyriaceae (ladyferns and allies) are a family of terrestrial ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae, and includes two gene ...
Alston (3 genera)
*Blechnaceae
Blechnaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Its status as a family and the number of genera included have both varied considerably. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 ...
Newman (24 genera)
*Cibotiaceae
''Cibotium'' (from Ancient Greek language, Greek , ''kibṓtion'', "little chest" or "box"), also known as manfern, is a genus of 11 species of tropical Cyatheales, tree ferns. It is the only genus in family Cibotiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylog ...
Koral (1 genus)
*Culcitaceae
''Culcita'' is a genus of ferns, native to the Americas, Macaronesia and Iberian Peninsula. It is the only genus in the family Culcitaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated ...
Pic.Serm (1 genus)
*Cyatheaceae
The Cyatheaceae are a family of ferns, the scaly tree ferns, one of eight families in the order Cyatheales in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may defined much more broadly (Cyatheaceae ...
Kaulf. (3 genera)
*Cystodiaceae
''Cystodium'' is a fern in its own family, Cystodiaceae. It contains a single species: ''Cystodium sorbifolium'' . Because it looks like a small tree fern, it had previously been placed in the tree fern family Dicksoniaceae. Subsequent analysis ...
J.R.Croft (1 genus)
* Cystopteridaceae Shmakov (3 genera)
* Davalliaceae M.R.Schomb. (1 genus)
*Dennstaedtiaceae
Dennstaedtiaceae is one of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns). It comprises 10 genera with ca 240 known species, including one of the world's most abundant ferns, ''Pteridium aquilin ...
Lotsy (10 genera)
* Desmophlebiaceae Mynssen (1 genus)
*Dicksoniaceae
Dicksoniaceae is a group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), and counting 30-40 species. Alternatively, the family may be sunk into a very bro ...
M.R.Schomb. (3 genera)
* Didymochlaenaceae Ching ex Li Bing Zhang & Liang Zhang (1 genus)
* Diplaziopsidaceae X.C.Zhang & Christenh. (2 genera)
*Dipteridaceae
The Dipteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Gleicheniales of the class Polypodiopsida. They are commonly known as umbrella ferns and contain two genera, ''Cheiropleuria'' and ''Dipteris'', with a total of nine species confined to Asia, N ...
Seward & E.Dale (2 genera)
*Dryopteridaceae
The Dryopteridaceae are a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. They are known colloquially as the wood ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder ...
Herter (26 genera)
*Equisetaceae
Equisetaceae, sometimes called the horsetail family, is the only extant family of the order Equisetales, with one surviving genus, ''Equisetum'', which comprises about twenty species.
Evolution and systematics
Equisetaceae is the only survivin ...
Michx. ex DC (1 genus)
*Gleicheniaceae
The forked ferns are the family Gleicheniaceae, which includes six genera and about 160 known species. The formerly independent families Dicranopteridaceae and Stromatopteridaceae are generally included in the Gleicheniaceae, whereas the Dipteri ...
C.Presl (6 genera)
*Hemidictyaceae
''Hemidictyum'' is a genus of ferns with a single species, ''Hemidictyum marginatum'', commonly known as the marginated half net fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Hemidic ...
Christenh. & H.Schneid. (1 genus)
*Hymenophyllaceae
The Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp pla ...
Mart (9 genera)
* Hypodematiaceae Ching (2 genera)
* Lindsaeaceae C.Presl ex M.R.Schomb. (7 genera)
* Lomariopsidaceae Alston (4 genera)
* Lonchitidaceae Doweld (1 genus)
*Loxsomataceae
The Loxsomataceae are a family of ferns in the order Cyatheales with two extant genera in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated as the subfamily Loxsomatoideae of a very broadly ...
C.Presl (2 genera)
* Lygodiaceae M.Roem (1 genus)
*Marattiaceae
Marattiaceae is the only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), Marattiales is the only order in the subclass Marattiidae. The family has six genera and about ...
Kaulf (6 genera)
*Marsileaceae
Marsileaceae () is a small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble other ferns. The group is commonly known as the "pepperwort family" or as the "water-clover family" because ...
Mirb. (3 genera)
*Matoniaceae
Matoniaceae is one of the three families of ferns in the Gleicheniales order of the Polypodiopsida class. Fossil records reveal that Matoniaceae ferns were abundant during the Mesozoic era (about 250-million to 66-million years ago), during which ...
C.Pres (2 genera)
*Metaxyaceae
''Metaxya'' is a neotropical genus of ferns in the order Cyatheales. It is the only genus in the family Metaxyaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Metax ...
Pic.Serm. (1 genus)
* Nephrolepidaceae Pic.Serm. (1 genus)
* Oleandraceae Ching ex Pic.Serm. (1 genus)
*Onocleaceae
Onocleaceae is a small family of terrestrial ferns in the order Polypodiales. It is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family, along with Blechnaceae, may be ...
Pic.Serm. (4 genera)
* Ophioglossaceae Martinov (10 genera)
*Osmundaceae
Osmundaceae (royal fern family) is a family of ferns containing four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species. It is the only living family of the order Osmundales in the class Polypodiopsida (ferns) or in some classifications the only ord ...
Martinov (6 genera)
*Plagiogyriaceae
''Plagiogyria'' is a genus of ferns, the only genus in family Plagiogyriaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the family may be treated as the subfamily Plagiogyrioideae of a very broadly defined ...
Bowe (1 genus)
*Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broade ...
J.Presl & C.Presl (65 genera)
*Psilotaceae
Psilotaceae is a family of ferns (class Polypodiopsida) consisting of two genera, ''Psilotum'' and '' Tmesipteris'' with about a dozen species. It is the only family in the order Psilotales.
Description
Once thought to be descendants of early v ...
J.W.Griff. & Henfr. (2 genera)
*Pteridaceae
Pteridaceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales, including some 1150 known species in ca 45 genera (depending on taxonomic opinions), divided over five subfamilies. The family includes four groups of genera that are sometimes recogni ...
E.D.M.Kirchn. (53 genera)
* Rhachidosoraceae X.C.Zhang (1 genus)
*Saccolomataceae
Saccolomataceae is a family of ferns in the order Polypodiales with about 19 species. It has been formerly treated as part of the Dennstaedtiaceae, however it has been classified as its own family according to Smith et al. (2006) The genus '' Sa ...
Doweld (1 genus)
*Salviniaceae
Salviniaceae (), is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales. The Salviniaceae contain the two genera ''Azolla'' and ''Salvinia
''Salvinia'', a genus in the family Salviniaceae, is a floating fern named in honor of Anton Ma ...
Martinov (2 genera)
* Schizaeaceae Kaulf (2 genera)
*Tectariaceae
Tectariaceae is a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae. Alternatively, it may be treated as the ...
Panigrahi (7 genera)
*Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteridaceae is a family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. Alternatively, the family may be submerged in a ...
Ching ex Pic.Serm. (30 genera)
*Thyrsopteridaceae
''Thyrsopteris'' is a genus of tree fern. It contains a single living species, ''Thyrsopteris elegans'', endemic to the Juan Fernandez Archipelago off the coast of Chile. ''Thyrsopteris'' is the only genus in the family Thyrsopteridaceae in the ...
C.Presl (1 genus)
*Woodsiaceae
''Woodsia'' is a genus of ferns in the order Polypodiales. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Woodsiaceae, placed in the suborder Aspleniineae. The family can also be trea ...
Herter (1 genus)
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Fern families