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DRYOPTERIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Synonyms:
Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dryopteridaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Dryopteridaceae"):
genus Woodsia (genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
genus Tectaria; Tectaria (terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests)
genus Rumohra; Rumohra (leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum)
genus Polystichum; Polystichum (small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
genus Polybotria; genus Polybotrya; Polybotria; Polybotrya (tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later)
genus Onoclea; Onoclea (one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae)
genus Olfersia; Olfersia (genus of fern having only one species)
genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis (small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae)
genus Lastreopsis; Lastreopsis (tropical terrestrial shield ferns)
genus Gymnocarpium; Gymnocarpium (oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris)
Diacalpa; genus Diacalpa (one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas)
Deparia; genus Deparia (classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera)
Cystopteris; genus Cystopteris (chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae)
Cyrtomium; genus Cyrtomium (small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae)
Athyrium; genus Athyrium (temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium)
Dryopteris; genus Dryopteris (large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)
buckler fern; shield fern (any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori)
Holonyms ("Dryopteridaceae" is a member of...):
class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)
