Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pteridophyta
Classis: Polypodiopsida
Ordo: Cyatheales
Familia: Thyrsopteridaceae
Genus: Thyrsopteris
Species: T. elegans
Name
Thyrsopteris Kunze 1835
Type location: Juan Fernández Islands
Synonyms
Panicularia Colla 1836
References
Large, M.F. & Braggins, J.E. 2004. Tree Ferns. 360 pp., ISBN 0-643-09076-2. Reference page.
Thyrsopteris is a genus of tree fern. It contains a single living species, Thyrsopteris elegans, endemic to the Juan Fernandez Archipelago off the coast of Chile. Thyrsopteris is the only genus in the family Thyrsopteridaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I).[1] Alternatively, the genus may be placed in the subfamily Thyrsopteridoideae of a more broadly defined family Cyatheaceae,[2] the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019.[3] The oldest records of the genus are the species Thyrsopteris cretacea and Thyrsopteris cyathindusia which were described from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the Cenomanian of the Cretaceous period, around 99 million years ago.[4][5] Other fossil species include Thyrsopteris shenii from the Paleogene of King George Island, Antarctica[6]
References
PPG I (2016). "A community-derived classification for extant lycophytes and ferns". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 54 (6): 563–603. doi:10.1111/jse.12229. S2CID 39980610.
Christenhusz, Maarten J.M. & Chase, Mark W. (2014). "Trends and concepts in fern classification". Annals of Botany. 113 (9): 571–594. doi:10.1093/aob/mct299. PMC 3936591. PMID 24532607.
"Thyrsopteris Kunze". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
Li, Chunxiang; Moran, Robbin C.; Ma, Junye; Wang, Bo; Hao, Jiasheng; Yang, Qun (2020-01-01). "A mid-Cretaceous tree fern of Thyrsopteridaceae (Cyatheales) preserved in Myanmar amber". Cretaceous Research. Non-marine and Marine Cretaceous in China: Stratigraphy, Palaeobiogeography, Palaeoecology and Palaeoclimates. 105: 104050. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.01.002. ISSN 0195-6671.
Zhang, Hong-Rui; Shi, Chao; Long, Xiao-Xuan; Feng, Qi; Cai, Hao-Hong; Lü, Ying-Tao; Wang, Shuo (2021-09-16). "A new fossil record of Thyrsopteridaceae (Cyatheales) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar". Palaeoworld. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2021.09.002. ISSN 1871-174X.
Zhaonai, Li; Xiaohan, Liu; Ruxiang, Shang (2009-05-29). "The Characteristics and Mechanism of Island-Arc Volcanism on the Central and Southern Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica". Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 5 (1): 39–57. doi:10.1111/j.1755-6724.1992.mp5001003.x. ISSN 1000-9515.
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