| Noun | 1. | family Aspleniaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneriafern family - families of ferns and fern allies Asplenium, genus Asplenium - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae Camptosorus, genus Camptosorus - classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium genus Pleurosorus, Pleurosorus - small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand genus Schaffneria, Schaffneria - one species |