Gleicheniopsida

Taxobox
name = Gleicheniopsida

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Dicranopteris linearis"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Gleicheniopsida
subdivision_ranks = Orders
subdivision =
*"Subclass: Gleicheniatae"
**Gleicheniales (the Forked ferns)
**Dipteridales
**Matoniales
*"Subclass: Hymenophyllatae"
**Hymenophyllales (the Filmy ferns)
*"Subclass: Hymenophyllopsitae"
**Hymenophyllopsidales

The ferns in the class Gleicheniopsida were formerly all included in the order Polypodiales. However, it is clear that the ferns are much too diverse a group to be shoehorned into one order. In fact, it may be found that this class needs to be divided into at least two classes.