genus pellaea

1. Genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns;
   In some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (synset 113232414)
   is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
   member holonym:

   • cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake - any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
   • coffee fern, pellaea andromedifolia - evergreen fern of California and Baja California
   • button fern, pellaea rotundifolia - fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
   belongs to: 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
   same as: pellaea

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