Metaxyaceae
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Hierarchical position of the Family Metaxyaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Polypodiophyta Cronquist
syn. Filicinophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
common name: ferns
  
   Subdivisio  Polypodiophytina Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Classis  Polypodiopsida Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Subclassis  Polypodiidae Cronquist
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm., Taxon 15: 133. Apr 1966.
  
   Ordo  Cyatheales A.B. Frank in Leunis
pub. Syn. Pflanzenk., ed. 2, 3: 1453. 1877.
  
   Subordo  Cyatheineae Bessey
pub. Bot. High Schools: 376. Mai-Sep 1880.
  
   Familia  Metaxyaceae Pic. Serm.
pub. Webbia 24: 701. 28 Apr 1970.

Named members of the Family Metaxyaceae

1
   Genus  Amphidesmium Schott ex Kunze
syn. Metaxya C.Presl
2
   Genus  Metaxya C. Presl
pub. (1836)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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