Definition of Family Polypodiaceae

1. Noun. 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).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polypodiaceae

family Ploceidae
family Plumbaginaceae
family Pluteaceae
family Poaceae
family Podargidae
family Podicipedidae
family Podocarpaceae
family Poeciliidae
family Polemoniaceae
family Polyangiaceae
family Polygalaceae
family Polygonaceae
family Polynemidae
family Polyodontidae
family Polypedatidae
family Polypodiaceae (current term)
family Polyporaceae
family Pomacentridae
family Pomatomidae
family Pongidae
family Pontederiaceae
family Porcellionidae
family Portulacaceae
family Portunidae
family Potamogalidae
family Potamogetonaceae
family Priacanthidae
family Primulaceae
family Pristidae
family Procaviidae

Literary usage of Family Polypodiaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Family, Polypodiaceae. The walking-fern is common on rocks, especially on limestone. ... Family, Polypodiaceae. This fern grows on moist rocks, ..."

2. Adventure Guide to Guatemala by Shelagh McNally (2003)
"... the family Polypodiaceae, easily identified by their dainty fronds on thin stalks. Warm humid forests also have the ideal growing conditions for dozens ..."

3. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"... and Common Ferns (family Polypodiaceae). In the last-named family nearly all of the ferns of our woodlands are found, including such species as the ..."

4. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... is usually restricted to certain fern-remains of Mesozoic age, a number of which are certainly to be referred to the family Polypodiaceae. ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1913)
"One of the genera belongs to the family Osmundaceae and the remaining to the family Polypodiaceae. Two families of fern-allies, Salviniaceae and Psilotaceae ..."

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