fern family
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Families of ferns and fern allies (synset 113187236)
is a type of: family - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more generasubtypes:
- family hymenophyllaceae, hymenophyllaceae - terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
- family osmundaceae, osmundaceae - large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
- family schizaeaceae, schizaeaceae - small family of mainly tropical ferns
- family marsileaceae, marsileaceae - clover ferns
- family salviniaceae, salviniaceae - water ferns
- azollaceae, family azollaceae - used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
- family ophioglossaceae, ophioglossaceae - a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
- family gleicheniaceae, gleicheniaceae - a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
- family parkeriaceae, parkeriaceae - coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
- family polypodiaceae, polypodiaceae - ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
- adiantaceae, family adiantaceae - used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
- family vittariaceae, vittariaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
- aspleniaceae, family aspleniaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
- blechnaceae, family blechnaceae - 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
- cyatheaceae, family cyatheaceae - tropical tree ferns
- davalliaceae, family davalliaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- dennstaedtiaceae, family dennstaedtiaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- dicksoniaceae, family dicksoniaceae - tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans
- athyriaceae, dryopteridaceae, family athyriaceae, family dryopteridaceae - alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- family lomariopsidaceae, lomariopsidaceae - small family of usually scandent ferns
- family lophosoriaceae, lophosoriaceae - very small family of tree ferns
- family loxomataceae, loxomataceae - very small family of New Zealand ferns
- family oleandraceae, oleandraceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- family pteridaceae, pteridaceae - one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
- family marattiaceae, marattiaceae - constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
- family psilotaceae, psilotaceae - small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
- family psilophytaceae, psilophytaceae - Paleozoic plants
- family rhyniaceae, rhyniaceae - primitive plants of the Paleozoic
- equisetaceae, family equisetaceae, horsetail family - sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
- family lepidodendraceae, lepidodendraceae - fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk
- clubmoss family, family lycopodiaceae, lycopodiaceae - a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
- family selaginellaceae, selaginellaceae - lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
- family isoetaceae, isoetaceae, quillwort family - quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes
- cryptogrammataceae, family cryptogrammataceae - one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- family thelypteridaceae, thelypteridaceae - genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others
belongs to: division pteridophyta, pteridophyta - containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta
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