Pteris
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).
Proper noun
Pteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – brakes, tropical and subtropical ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiales – order; Pteridaceae – family; Pteridoideae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pteris longifolia (longleaf brake) – type species; Pteris bahamensis (Bahama brake), Pteris buchananii (Buchanan's brake), Pteris carsei (coastal brake), Pteris catoptera (long-tipped brake), Pteris comans (coastal brake), Pteris cretica (Cretan brake), Pteris dentata (toothed brake), Pteris dispar, Pteris ensiformes (slender bracken), Pteris epaleata (netted brake), Pteris formosana, Pteris gervilleana, Pteris incompleta, Pteris livida, Pteris longipinna, Pteris macilenta (sweet fern), Pteris multifida (spider brake), Pteris parkeri (silver ribbon brake), Pteris ryukyuensis, Pteris semipinnata (semi-pinnated brake), Pteris terminalis (iwa), Pteris tokioi, Pteris tremula (shaking brake), Pteris tripartita (giant brake), Pteris umbrosa (jungle brake), Pteris vittata (ladder brake), Pteris wallichiana (Wallich's brake) – selected other species; for others see Pteris on WikispeciesWikispecies or Pteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Derived terms
- genera of ferns
- Acrostichopteris
- Actiniopteris
- Aleuritopteris
- Ampelopteris
- Angiopteris
- †Archaeopteris
- Arthropteris
- Bryopteris
- Calciphilopteris
- Callistopteris
- Ceratopteris
- Chrismatopteris
- Coniopteris
- Coryphopteris
- Cystopteris
- Dicranopteris
- Dipteris
- Discosoropteris
- Doryopteris
- Dryopteris
- Gangamopteris
- Glossopteris
- Goniopteris
- Haplopteris
- Hecistopteris
- Histiopteris
- Leptopteris
- Makotopteris
- Mesopteris
- Metathelypteris
- Mickelopteris
- Microphyllopteris
- Myriopteris
- Nannothelypteris
- Neuropteris
- Nilssoniopteris
- Oceaniopteris
- Oreopteris
- Ormopteris
- Orthiopteris
- Pachypteris
- Paragymnopteris
- Parathelypteris
- Pecopteris
- Phegopteris
- Phyllopteris
- Pneumatopteris
- Rheopteris
- Sphenopteris
- Sphaeropteris
- Steiropteris
- Stromatopteris
- Struthiopteris
- Taeniopteris
- Thelypteris
- Thyrsopteris
- Tilopteris
- Tmesipteris
- Trachypteris
- Xylopteris
Related terms
- genera of other kinds of organisms
- Anarytropteris
- Cardiopteris
- Caryopteris
- Chaetopteris
- Chloropteris
- Dictyopteris
- Gansuapteris
- Glenopteris
- Halopteris
- Hapsidopteris
- Ischnopteris
- Notopteris
- Ophiopteris
- Phoxopteris
- Polyopteris
- Pseudopteris
- Tomopteris
- Tripteris
Further reading
- Pteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pteris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pteris at USDA Plants database