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PTERIDACEAE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

family Pteridaceae; Pteridaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pteridaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "Pteridaceae"):

Acrostichum; genus Acrostichum (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)

Actiniopteris; genus Actiniopteris (terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa)

Adiantum; genus Adiantum (cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

Anogramma; genus Anogramma (a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae)

Cheilanthes; genus Cheilanthes (small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

Coniogramme; genus Coniogramme (terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia)

Cryptogramma; genus Cryptogramma (sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae)

Doryopteris; genus Doryopteris (small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae)

genus Jamesonia; Jamesonia (xerophytic ferns of South America)

genus Onychium; Onychium (small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae)

genus Pellaea; Pellaea (genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

genus Pityrogramma; Pityrogramma (terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae)

genus Pteris; Pteris (large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae)

Holonyms ("Pteridaceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)

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