English > family Blechnaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia. |
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| Synonym | Blechnaceae |
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| Member of | Filicales, order Filicales, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales | true (leptosporangiate) ferns |
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| Members | Blechnum, genus Blechnum | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
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| Sadleria, genus Sadleria | Low tree ferns with large fronds |
| Stenochlaena, genus Stenochlaena | large tropical ferns |
| Woodwardia, genus Woodwardia | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
| genus Doodia, Doodia | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
| Broader | fern family | families of ferns and fern allies |
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