Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Plantae - (Phylum) Tracheophyta - (Class) Polypodiopsida - (Order) Polypodiales - (Family) Polypodiaceae

Original position

Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.

Current position

Polypodioideae (Subfamily) Sweet (1826)

Ref: PPG I, 2016: 591.

Alternative positions

A Fleurs, appliquées ſous les Feuilles (Section)	Ref: M. Adanson, 1763: 20.
Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1082.
Polypodiaceae (Family) J.Presl & C.Presl (1822)	Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 719.
Polypodieae (Tribe)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 690.

Historical positions

Polypodioideae (Subfamily) Sweet (1826)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2017: 742.
Polypodioideae (Subfamily) Sweet (1826)	Ref: PPG I, 2016: 591.
Polypodioideae (Subfamily) Sweet (1826)	Ref: A. Novikoff & B. Barabasz-Krasny, 2015: 53.
Polypodieae (Tribe)	Ref: D.J. Mabberley, 2008: 690.
Polypodiaceae (Family) J.Presl & C.Presl (1822)	Ref: A.R. Smith et al., 2006: 719.
Filicinophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1998: 398. [rough position]
Polypodiaceae (Family) J.Presl & C.Presl (1822)	Ref: R. van der Meijden, 1990: 74.
Filicinophyta (Phylum)	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 258. [rough position]
Polypodiaceae (Family) J.Presl & C.Presl (1822)	Ref: J.T. Mickel, 1982: 344.
A Fleurs, appliquées ſous les Feuilles (Section)	Ref: M. Adanson, 1763: 20.
Filices (Order) L. (1753), nom. inval.	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1753b: 1082.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	7s;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	<1,200s
2010	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden: 10 Aug 2011	160s
1998	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz: 399	<1,200s
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	1,200s