blechnaceae

Noun
  1. One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems;
    Includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia (synset 113205390)
    is a type of: fern family - families of ferns and fern allies
    member holonym:
    • blechnum, genus blechnum - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
    • doodia, genus doodia - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
    • genus sadleria, sadleria - low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
    • genus stenochlaena, stenochlaena - large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
    • genus woodwardia, woodwardia - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
    belongs to: filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) ferns
    same as: family blechnaceae

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