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ASPLENIACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
Synonyms:
Aspleniaceae; family Aspleniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aspleniaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "Aspleniaceae"):
Asplenium; genus Asplenium (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)
Camptosorus; genus Camptosorus (classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium)
genus Pleurosorus; Pleurosorus (small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand)
genus Schaffneria; Schaffneria (one species)
Holonyms ("Aspleniaceae" is a member of...):
Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)
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