Cheilanthoideae
Sign in to saveCheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the fern family Pteridaceae. The subfamily is understood to be monophyletic, but some of the genera as currently defined are not. Most species are xeric-adapted, and the subfamily is most diverse in dry areas.
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- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPolypodiopsida
- OrderPolypodiales
- FamilyPteridaceae
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Cheilanthoideae is one of the five subfamilies of the fern family Pteridaceae. The subfamily is understood to be monophyletic, but some of the genera as currently defined are not. Most species are xeric-adapted, and the subfamily is most diverse in dry areas.
==Phylogenic relationships== The following phylogram shows a likely relationship between Cheilanthoideae and the other Pteridaceae subfamilies.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheilanthoideae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.