family polypodiaceae
Noun
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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) (synset 113193005)
is a type of: fern family - families of ferns and fern alliesmember holonym:
- genus polypodium, polypodium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
- aglaomorpha, genus aglaomorpha - epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia
- campyloneurum, genus campyloneurum - epiphytic ferns of tropical America
- drymoglossum, genus drymoglossum - epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea
- drynaria, genus drynaria - large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
- genus lecanopteris - epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
- genus microgramma, microgramma - epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
- genus microsorium, microsorium - tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia
- genus phlebodium, phlebodium - chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
- genus platycerium, platycerium - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
- genus pyrrosia, pyrrosia - epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
- genus solanopteris, solanopteris - tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
- cyclophorus, genus cyclophorus - tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia
- ceterach, genus ceterach - small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus
- genus phyllitis, genus scolopendrium, phyllitis - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
belongs to: filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) fernssame as: polypodiaceae
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