family pteridaceae

1. 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 (synset 113226380)
   is a type of: fern family - families of ferns and fern allies
   member holonym:

   • acrostichum, genus acrostichum - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
   • actiniopteris, genus actiniopteris - terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa
   • adiantum, genus adiantum - cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
   • anogramma, genus anogramma - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae
   • cheilanthes, genus cheilanthes - small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
   • coniogramme, genus coniogramme - terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia
   • cryptogramma, genus cryptogramma - sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
   • doryopteris, genus doryopteris - small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae
   • genus jamesonia, jamesonia - xerophytic ferns of South America
   • genus onychium, onychium - small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
   • genus pellaea, pellaea - genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
   • genus pityrogramma, pityrogramma - terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
   • genus pteris, pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
   belongs to: filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) ferns
   same as: pteridaceae

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