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PTERIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
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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