Tectariaceae [SEP] parent taxon
Tectariaceae
Tectariaceae is a family of leptosporangiate ferns in the order Polypodiales, suborder Aspleniineae. It comprises seven genera, of which "Tectaria" is by far the largest. An alternative classification treats the family as a subfamily of Polypodiaceae.
In 1990, Karl U. Kramer and coauthors treated "Pleocnemia" and 7 of the currently recognized genera as a subfamily of Dryopteridaceae. Two other genera, "Arthropteris" and "Psammiosorus", along with "Oleandra", constituted Kramer's Oleandraceae. It is now known that Kramer
) Schult., nom. Illeg. (cf. Bor, 1960, 1970 vis-a-vis Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976).
- Established a new Family Tectariaceae Panigr. (1986) to replace Aspiciaceae Mett. et Frank, nom. illeg. and two new genera, Brachycaulos Dixit and Panigr. (1981) (Rosaceae) and Parahemionitis arifolia (N. Burm.) Panigr. replaces the old World taxon, Hemionitis arifolia (N.Burm.) T. Moore.
- Selected the lectotypes for several