pteridaceae
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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 (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | fern family, |
definition | : | families of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | adiantum, genus adiantum, |
definition | : | cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | cheilanthes, genus cheilanthes, |
definition | : | small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | doryopteris, genus doryopteris, |
definition | : | small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus onychium, onychium, |
definition | : | small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pellaea, pellaea, |
definition | : | genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pityrogramma, pityrogramma, |
definition | : | terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae (noun.plant) |
member holonym | : | genus pteris, pteris, |
definition | : | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae (noun.plant) |
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