pityrogramma
Noun
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Terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides;
Sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (synset 113233649)is a type of: fern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesmember holonym:- pityrogramma argentea, silver fern - fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
- pityrogramma calomelanos, silver fern - tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
- golden fern, pityrogramma calomelanos aureoflava - tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
- gold fern, pityrogramma chrysophylla - fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
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 subdividedsame as: genus pityrogramma
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