HyperDic: genus_matteuccia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Matteuccia:
NOUNplantgenus Matteuccia, Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretissmall genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea
English > genus Matteuccia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.
SynonymsMatteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis
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
Membersostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteristall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
Broaderfern genusgenera of ferns and fern allies
Spanishgenus matteuccia, genus pteretis, matteuccia, pteretis
Catalangenus matteuccia, genus pteretis, matteuccia, pteretis

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