Pteridophyta

Pteris +‎ -ophyta.

Pteridophyta

1. A taxonomic division within the kingdom Plantae – ferns, etc.

Thought to be paraphyletic.

The membership of classes Pteridopsida and Polypodiopsida is disputed, in particular as to which class the leptosporangiate ferns should belong. (See Leptosporangiate fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )

• Polypodiophyta, Pterophyta

• (division): Equisetopsida (horsetails and scouring rushes), Gleicheniopsida (= Polypodiopsida), Marattiopsida (eusporangiate tree ferns), Osmundopsida (= Polypodiopsida), Polypodiopsida, Pteridopsida, Polypodiopsida, Psilotopsida (whisk ferns and adder's-tongue) (classes)

• Pteridophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pteridophyta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pteridophyta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pteridophyta at the Tree of Life Web Project