Polypodiaceae

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Polypodiaceae - 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) family Polypodiaceae fern family - families of ferns and fern allies Filicales, order Filicales, order Polypodiales, Polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) 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ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia Ceterach, genus Ceterach - small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus genus Phyllitis, genus Scolopendrium, Phyllitis - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)

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