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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).
Generic synonyms: Fern Family
Group relationships: Filicales, Order Filicales, Order Polypodiales, Polypodiales
Member holonyms: Genus Polypodium, Polypodium, Aglaomorpha, Genus Aglaomorpha, Campyloneurum, Genus Campyloneurum, Drymoglossum, Genus Drymoglossum, Drynaria, Genus Drynaria, Genus Lecanopteris, Genus Microgramma, Microgramma, Genus Microsorium, Microsorium, Genus Phlebodium, Phlebodium, Genus Platycerium, Platycerium, Genus Pyrrosia, Pyrrosia, Genus Solanopteris, Solanopteris, Cyclophorus, Genus Cyclophorus, Ceterach, Genus Ceterach, Genus Phyllitis, Genus Scolopendrium, Phyllitis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Polypodiaceae
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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