Pteridaceae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Pteridaceae
- A taxonomic family within the order Pteridales – consisting of more than a thousand species of ferns.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiales – order
Hyponyms
- (family): Adiantoideae (now in Vittarioideae), Cheilanthoideae, Cryptogrammoideae, Parkerioideae, Pteridoideae, Vittarioideae – subfamilies
- Adiantum, Ceratopteris, Cheilanthes, Coniogramme, Cosentinia, Cryptogramma, Gaga, Myriopteris, Notholaena, Pellaea, Pityrogramma, Pteris, Vittaria – selected genera
References
- Pteridaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pteridaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pteridaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons