fern family

/fərn ˌfæm(ə)li/

Definitions of fern family

1. noun

   families of ferns and fern allies
   types:

   Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceae

   terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns

   Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae

   large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas

   Schizaeaceae, family Schizaeaceae

   small family of mainly tropical ferns

   Marsileaceae, family Marsileaceae

   clover ferns

   Salviniaceae, family Salviniaceae

   water ferns

   Azollaceae, family Azollaceae

   used in some classifications for the genus Azolla

   Ophioglossaceae, family Ophioglossaceae

   a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution

   Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae

   a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales

   Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae

   coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae

   Polypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceae

   ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)

   Adiantaceae, family Adiantaceae

   used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)

   Vittariaceae, family Vittariaceae

   one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria

   Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae

   one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria

   Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae

   one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia

   Cyatheaceae, family Cyatheaceae

   tropical tree ferns

   Davalliaceae, family Davalliaceae

   one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

   Dennstaedtiaceae, family Dennstaedtiaceae

   one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

   Dicksoniaceae, family Dicksoniaceae

   tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans

   Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, family Athyriaceae, family Dryopteridaceae

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

   Lomariopsidaceae, family Lomariopsidaceae

   small family of usually scandent ferns

   Lophosoriaceae, family Lophosoriaceae

   very small family of tree ferns

   Loxomataceae, family Loxomataceae

   very small family of New Zealand ferns

   Oleandraceae, family Oleandraceae

   one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

   Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae

   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

   Marattiaceae, family Marattiaceae

   constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds

   Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae

   small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves

   Psilophytaceae, family Psilophytaceae

   Paleozoic plants

   Rhyniaceae, family Rhyniaceae

   primitive plants of the Paleozoic

   Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceae, horsetail family

   sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies

   Lepidodendraceae, family Lepidodendraceae

   fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk

   Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family, family Lycopodiaceae

   a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales

   Selaginellaceae, family Selaginellaceae

   lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses

   Isoetaceae, family Isoetaceae, quillwort family

   quillworts; coextensive with the genus Isoetes

   Cryptogrammataceae, family Cryptogrammataceae

   one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

   Thelypteridaceae, family Thelypteridaceae

   genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others

   type of:

   family

   (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera