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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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