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    FAMILY DRYOPTERIDACEAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systemsplay

    Synonyms:

    Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("family Dryopteridaceae" is a kind of...):

    fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

    Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Dryopteridaceae" is a member of...):

    class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)

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