fern genus

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fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species division Pteridophyta, Pteridophyta - containing all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of Tracheophyta genus Pecopteris - genus of Carboniferous fossil ferns genus Hymenophyllum, Hymenophyllum - type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns genus Trichomanes, Trichomanes - bristle ferns; kidney ferns genus Osmunda - type genus of the Osmundaceae genus Leptopteris, Leptopteris - including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea genus Todea, Todea - a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae genus Schizaea, Schizaea - type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern genus Anemia, Anemia - genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America genus Lygodium, Lygodium - chiefly tropical climbing ferns genus Mohria, Mohria - African terrestrial ferns genus Marsilea, Marsilea - clover ferns genus Pilularia, Pilularia - pillworts genus Regnellidium - one species of aquatic or semiaquatic fern genus Salvinia, Salvinia - type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns Azolla, genus Azolla - a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae genus Ophioglossum, Ophioglossum - the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae Botrychium, genus Botrychium - grape fern; moonwort genus Helminthostachys, Helminthostachys - one species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia genus Gleichenia, Gleichenia - type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand Dicranopteris, genus Dicranopteris - terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical Diplopterygium, genus Diplopterygium - scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific genus Sticherus, Sticherus - umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand Ceratopteris, genus Ceratopteris - water ferns genus Polypodium, Polypodium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori Aglaomorpha, genus Aglaomorpha - epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia Campyloneurum, genus Campyloneurum - epiphytic ferns of tropical America Drymoglossum, genus Drymoglossum - epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea Drynaria, genus Drynaria - large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia genus Lecanopteris - epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea genus Microgramma, Microgramma - epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa genus Microsorium, Microsorium - tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia genus Phlebodium, Phlebodium - chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori genus Platycerium, Platycerium - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns genus Pyrrosia, Pyrrosia - epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World genus Solanopteris, Solanopteris - tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales Cyclophorus, genus Cyclophorus - tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia genus Vittaria, Vittaria - tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds