English > fern family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | families of ferns and fern allies. |
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| Member of | Pteridophyta, division Pteridophyta | Containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds |
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| Narrower | Adiantaceae, family Adiantaceae | Used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae) |
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| Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Azollaceae, family Azollaceae | Used in some classifications for the genus Azolla |
| Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Cryptogrammataceae, family Cryptogrammataceae | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Cyatheaceae, family Cyatheaceae | Tropical tree ferns |
| Davalliaceae, family Davalliaceae | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Dennstaedtiaceae, family Dennstaedtiaceae | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Dicksoniaceae, family Dicksoniaceae | tree ferns |
| Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae | Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceae, horsetail family | sole surviving family of the Equisetales |
| Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae | A family of ferns belonging to order Filicales |
| Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceae | terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns |
| Isoetaceae, family Isoetaceae, quillwort family | quillworts |
| Lepidodendraceae, family Lepidodendraceae | fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk |
| Lomariopsidaceae, family Lomariopsidaceae | small family of usually scandent ferns |
| Lophosoriaceae, family Lophosoriaceae | Very small family of tree ferns |
| Loxomataceae, family Loxomataceae | Very small family of New Zealand ferns |
| Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family | A family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales |
| Marattiaceae, family Marattiaceae | constituting the order Marattiales |
| Marsileaceae, family Marsileaceae | clover ferns |
| Oleandraceae, family Oleandraceae | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Ophioglossaceae, family Ophioglossaceae | A family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales |
| Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae | large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas |
| Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae | coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris |
| Polypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceae | ferns |
| Psilophytaceae, family Psilophytaceae | Paleozoic plants |
| Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae | small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves |
| Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Rhyniaceae, family Rhyniaceae | Primitive plants of the Paleozoic |
| Salviniaceae, family Salviniaceae | water ferns |
| Schizaeaceae, family Schizaeaceae | small family of mainly tropical ferns |
| Selaginellaceae, family Selaginellaceae | Lesser club mosses |
| Thelypteridaceae, family Thelypteridaceae | genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others |
| Vittariaceae, family Vittariaceae | One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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| Spanish | helechos |
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| Catalan | falgueres |
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