English > Pteridaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | One of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided. |
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Synonym | family Pteridaceae |
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Member of | Filicales, order Filicales, Polypodiales, order Polypodiales | true (leptosporangiate) ferns |
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Members | Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum | In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae |
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Actiniopteris, genus Actiniopteris | terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa |
Adiantum, genus Adiantum | cosmopolitan genus of ferns |
Anogramma, genus Anogramma | A genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae |
Cheilanthes, genus Cheilanthes | small evergreen ferns |
Coniogramme, genus Coniogramme | terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia |
Cryptogramma, genus Cryptogramma | sometimes placed in family ... / family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae |
Doryopteris, genus Doryopteris | small to medium tropical tufted ferns |
Jamesonia, genus Jamesonia | xerophytic ferns of South America |
Onychium, genus Onychium | small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics |
Pellaea, genus Pellaea | genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns |
Pityrogramma, genus Pityrogramma | terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides |
Pteris, genus Pteris | large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics |
Broader | fern family | families of ferns and fern allies |
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Spanish | pteridáceas |
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Catalan | Pteridaceae, Pteridàcia |
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