Cycadidae

Cycadidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Cycadidae
Pax in K.A.E.Prantl 1894
Order: Cycadales
Pers. ex Bercht. & J.Presl 1820
Families

Cycadidae is a subclass of Equisetopsida in the sense used by Mark W. Chase and James L. Reveal in their 2009 article "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III."[1] This subclass comprises the cycads, which include the two families Cycadaceae and Zamiaceae.

Phylogeny

The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between subclass Cycadidae and the other Equisetopsida subclasses.[2]

Equisetopsida








 Marchantiidae 

















 Bryidae 















 Anthocerotidae 













 Lycopodiidae 











 Equisetidae 





 Ophioglossidae 





 Marattiidae 





 Polypodiidae 









 Cycadidae 



 Ginkgoidae 





 Gnetidae 



 Pinidae 







 Magnoliidae 










References

  1. Mark W. Chase & James L. Reveal (2009). "A phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161: 122–127. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.01002.x.
  2. Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, James L. Reveal, Aljos Farjon, Martin F. Gardner, Robert R. Mill, Mark W. Chase (2011). "A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms" (PDF). Phytotaxa 19: 55–70.
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