aspleniaceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Aspleniaceae*:
NOUN	plant	Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae	one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

English > *Aspleniaceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria.
Synonym	family Aspleniaceae
Member of	Filicales, order Filicales, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales	true (leptosporangiate) ferns
Members	Asplenium, genus Asplenium	In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
	Camptosorus, genus Camptosorus	classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium
	Pleurosorus, genus Pleurosorus	small genus comprising terrestrial ferns
	Schaffneria, genus Schaffneria	One species
Broader	fern family	families of ferns and fern allies
Spanish	aspleniáceas

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