family dicksoniaceae

Noun
  1. Tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans (synset 113211116)
    is a type of: fern family - families of ferns and fern allies
    member holonym:
    • dicksonia, genus dicksonia - tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
    • cibotium, genus cibotium - in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds
    • culcita, genus culcita - includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
    • genus thyrsopteris - one species
    belongs to: filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) ferns
    same as: dicksoniaceae

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