Taxa

Pteridophyta

Division

Citation Formats

General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Pteridophyta." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-pteridophyta.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Pteridophyta. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-pteridophyta

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-pteridophyta,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Pteridophyta},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/division-pteridophyta},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

The ferns: vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds or flowers, typically with large, divided fronds unrolling from a coiled 'fiddlehead.' Pteridophyta is ancient among land plants, with a fossil record extending back over three hundred million years, and today thrives especially in humid, shaded forest understories.

Facts

Disputed

Member Species/Taxa Count

10,500 1

Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.

Taxonomic Rank

Phylum / Division 1

Scientific Name

Pteridophyta 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae

Source Catalogue of Life

Sources

1. Catalogue of Life

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source

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