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Subclass of cycads

Cycadidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Cycadidae
Pax in K.A.E.Prantl 1894
Order: Cycadales
Pers. ex Bercht. & J.Presl 1820
Families

Cycadidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III." This subclass comprises the cycads, which include the two families Cycadaceae and Zamiaceae.

Phylogeny

The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Cycadidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.

Equisetopsida

Marchantiidae

Bryidae

Anthocerotidae

Lycopodiidae

Equisetidae

Marattiidae

Ophioglossidae

Polypodiidae

Cycadidae

Ginkgoidae

Gnetidae

Pinidae

Magnoliidae

bryophytes lycopodiophytes monilophytes gymnosperms angiosperms

References

  1. Mark W. Chase; James L. Reveal (2009). "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161: 122–127. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x.
  2. Maarten J. M. Christenhusz; James L. Reveal; Aljos Farjon; Martin F. Gardner; Robert R. Mill; Mark W. Chase (2011). "A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 19: 55–70.
Taxon identifiers
Cycadidae


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