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Definition of Polypodiales
1. Noun. True (leptosporangiate) ferns.
Generic synonyms: Plant Order
Member holonyms: Family Hymenophyllaceae, Hymenophyllaceae, Family Osmundaceae, Osmundaceae, Azollaceae, Family Azollaceae, Family Gleicheniaceae, Gleicheniaceae, Family Parkeriaceae, Parkeriaceae, Family Polypodiaceae, Polypodiaceae, Family Vittariaceae, Vittariaceae, Aspleniaceae, Family Aspleniaceae, Blechnaceae, Family Blechnaceae, Dicksoniaceae, Family Dicksoniaceae, Family Oleandraceae, Oleandraceae, Family Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae
Group relationships: Class Filicinae, Class Filicopsida, Filicinae, Filicopsida
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypodiales
Literary usage of Polypodiales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The polypodiales embrace the great majority of living ferns and include the most
specialized and abundant families. Without taking space to give ..."
2. An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan by Charles Christopher Adams, Alexander Grant Ruthven, Otto McCreary, Albert Pitts Morse, Bryant Walker, Norman Asa Wood, Max Minor Peet, Michigan (1906)
"The beach flora is also very limited, consisting chiefly of Juneberry, Phegopteris
polypodiales, Euthamia graminifolia, ..."
3. An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan by Charles Christopher Adams, Alexander Grant Ruthven, Otto McCreary, Albert Pitts Morse, Bryant Walker, Norman Asa Wood, Max Minor Peet (1906)
"The beach flora is also very limited, consisting chiefly of Juneberry, Phegopteris
polypodiales, Euthamia graminifolia, ..."