HyperDic: genus_athyrium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Athyrium:
NOUNplantgenus Athyrium, Athyriumtemperate and tropical lady ferns
English > genus Athyrium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtemperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
SynonymAthyrium
Member ofDryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family AthyriaceaeAlternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Memberslady fern, Athyrium filix-feminaMost widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
silvery spleenwort, glade fern, narrow-leaved spleenwort, Athyrium pycnocarpon, Diplazium pycnocarponNorth American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishathyrium, genus athyrium
Catalanathyrium, genus athyrium

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