Parkerioideae

Parkerioideae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Parkerioideae
Burnett
Genera
Synonyms
  • Parkeriaceae Hook.
  • Ceratopteridaceae Underw.
  • Ceratopteridoideae R.M.Tryon

Parkerioideae, synonym Ceratopteridoideae, is one of the five subfamilies in the fern family Pteridaceae. It includes only the two genera Acrostichum and Ceratopteris. The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between the two Parkerioideae genera and the other Pteridaceae subfamilies.

Pteridaceae