Matoniaceae
Family of ferns
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Matoniaceae is one of the three families of ferns in the Gleicheniales order of the Polypodiopsida class.[1][2] Fossil records reveal that Matoniaceae ferns were abundant during the Mesozoic era (about 250-million to 66-million years ago), during which they lived on every continent, including Antarctica, with eight genera and 26 species, with the oldest known specimens being from the Middle Triassic of Antarctica.[3] Today the family is much less abundant, and also less diverse, with only two extant genera and four species,[4] which are limited to portions of southeastern Asia.[5]
| Matoniaceae Temporal range: | |
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| Matonia pectinata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Gleicheniales |
| Family: | Matoniaceae C.Presl 1847 |
| Genera | |
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The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship with the other two families of the Gleicheniales.[6]
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Extant taxa
- genus Matonia R.Br. ex Wall. 1829
- species Matonia pectinata R. Br. 1829
- species Matonia sarmentosa Baker 1887
- genus Phanerosorus Copel. 1909
- species Phanerosorus sarmentosus (Baker) Copel. 1909
- species Phanerosorus major Diels 1932
Extinct genera
Some common Mesozoic Matoniaceae genera and a sampling of their species include:
- genus Laccopteris Presl 1838
- species Laccopteris elegans Presl 1838
- species Laccopteris münsteri Schenk 1867
- genus Phlebopteris Brongniart 1828
- species Phlebopteris polypodioides Brongniart
- species Phlebopteris smithii
- species Phlebopteris woodwardii Leckenby 1864
- species Phlebopteris utensis
- species Phlebopteris angustiloba
- genus Matonidium
- genus Matonia R.Br. ex Wall. 1829[7]
- species Matonia jeffersonii
- species Matonia pectinata
- species Matonia braunii
- species Matonia mesozoica
- species Matonia brownii
- genus Microdictyon
- genus Weichselia Stiehler
- Tomaniopteris Klavins et al. Fremouw Formation, Middle Triassic, Antarctica
- Konijnenburgia Kvaček et Dašková, 2010 Piedra Clavada Formation, Argentina, Albian