#class_Filicopsida__Filicopsida__Filicinae__class_Filicinae ferns
supertype: #class__clas (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
member of: #division_Pteridophyta
member: #fern any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
member: #family_Schizaeaceae__Schizaeaceae small family of mainly tropical ferns
member: #genus_Schizaea__Schizaea type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern
member: #curly_grass_fern__curlygrassfern__curly_grass__curlygras__Schizaea_pusilla rare small fern of northeastern North America having numerous slender spiraling fronds and forming dense tufts
member: #genus_Anemia__Anemia genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America
member: #pine_fern__Anemia_adiantifolia fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs
member: #genus_Lygodium__Lygodium chiefly tropical climbing ferns
member: #climbing_fern any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium
member: #genus_Mohria__Mohria African terrestrial ferns
member: #scented_fern__scentedfern__mohriacaffrorum sweetly scented African fern with narrow bipinnate fronds
member: #family_Marsileaceae__Marsileaceae clover ferns
member: #genus_Marsilea__Marsilea clover ferns
member: #clover_fern__pepperwort any of several water ferns of the genus Marsilea having four leaflets
member: #water_clover__waterclover__Marsilea_quadrifolia water fern of Europe and Asia and the eastern United States distinguished by four leaflets resembling clover leaves
member: #genus_Pilularia__Pilularia pillworts
member: #pillwort__Pilularia_globulifera European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
member: #genus_Regnellidium 1 species of aquatic or semi-aquatic fern
member: #regnellidium__Regnellidium_diphyllum small latex-containing aquatic fern of southern Brazil
member: #family_Salviniaceae__Salviniaceae water ferns
member: #genus_Salvinia__Salvinia type genus of the Salviniaceae: water ferns
member: #floating-moss__Salvinia_rotundifolia__Salvinia_auriculata free-floating aquatic ferns
member: #genus_Azolla__Azolla a genus of fern sometimes placed in its own family Azollaceae
member: #mosquito_fern__floating_fern__Carolina_pond_fern__Azolla_caroliniana small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe
member: #order_Ophioglossales__Ophioglossales coextensive with the family Ophioglossaceae
member: #family_Ophioglossaceae__Ophioglossaceae a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales; cosmopolitan in distribution
member: #genus_Ophioglossum__Ophioglossum the type genus of the fern family Ophioglossaceae
member: #adder's_tongue_fern__adder's_tongue__adder'stongue ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
member: #genus_Botrychium__Botrychium grape fern; moonwort
member: #grape_fern__grapefern a fern of the genus Botrychium having a fertile frond bearing small grapelike clusters of spore cases
member: #genus_Helminthostachys__Helminthostachys 1 species: terrestrial fern of southeastern Asia and Australia
member: #flowering_fern__floweringfern__Helminthostachys_zeylanica Australasian fern with clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile fronds
member: #order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns
member: #family_Hymenophyllaceae__Hymenophyllaceae terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
member: #genus_Hymenophyllum__Hymenophyllum type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns
member: #filmy_fern__filmyfern__film_fern any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves
member: #genus_Trichomanes__Trichomanes bristle ferns; kidney ferns
member: #bristle_fern__bristlefern__filmy_fern__filmyfern any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks
member: #family_Osmundaceae__Osmundaceae large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
member: #genus_Osmunda type genus of the Osmundaceae
member: #osmund__flowering_fern__floweringfern any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that resemble flower clusters
member: #genus_Leptopteris__Leptopteris including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea
member: #crape_fern__crapefern__Prince-of-Wales_fern__Prince-of-Wales_feather__Prince-of-Wales_plume__Leptopteris_superba__Todea_superba New Zealand with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks; sometimes included in genus Todea
member: #genus_Todea__Todea a genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae
member: #crepe_fern__crepefern__king_fern__Todea_barbara fern of rain forests of tropical Australia and New Zealand and South Africa
member: #family_Azollaceae__Azollaceae used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
member: #family_Gleicheniaceae__Gleicheniaceae a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
member: #genus_Gleichenia__Gleichenia type genus of Gleicheniaceae: leptosporangiate ferns with sessile sporangia; South Africa to Malaysia and New Zealand
member: #genus_Dicranopteris__Dicranopteris terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical
member: #genus_Diplopterygium__Diplopterygium scandent thicket-forming ferns of Asia to western Pacific
member: #giant_scrambling_fern__Diplopterygium_longissimum large scrambling fern forming large patches to 18 feet high; Pacific region and China
member: #genus_Sticherus__Sticherus umbrella ferns; warm regions of Australia and New Zealand
member: #umbrella_fern__fan_fern__fanfern__Sticherus_flabellatus__Gleichenia_flabellata large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
member: #family_Parkeriaceae__Parkeriaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
member: #genus_Ceratopteris__Ceratopteris water ferns
member: #floating_fern__water_sprite__watersprite__ceratopterispteridioide aquatic fern of tropical America often used in aquariums
member: #Ceratopteris_thalictroides__floating_fern pantropical aquatic fern
member: #family_Polypodiaceae__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)
member: #genus_Polypodium__Polypodium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori
member: #polypody any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
member: #genus_Aglaomorpha__Aglaomorpha epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia
member: #bear's-paw_fern__Aglaomorpha_meyeniana epiphytic fern with large fronds; Taiwan and Philippines
member: #genus_Campyloneurum__Campyloneurum epiphytic ferns of tropical America
member: #strap_fern__strapfern fern with long narrow strap-shaped leaves
member: #genus_Drymoglossum__Drymoglossum epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea
member: #genus_Drynaria__Drynaria large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia
member: #Drynaria_rigidula__basket_fern giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia
member: #genus_Lecanopteris epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea
member: #lecanopteris any of several bizarre ferns of the genus Lecanopteris having swollen hollow rhizomes that provide homes for symbiotic ants
member: #genus_Microgramma__Microgramma epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa
member: #snake_polypody__snakepolypody__Microgramma-piloselloides epiphytic ferns with long rhizomes; tropical America
member: #genus_Microsorium__Microsorium tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia
member: #climbing_bird's_nest_fern__Microsorium_punctatum tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia
member: #genus_Phlebodium__Phlebodium chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori
member: #golden_polypody__serpent_fern__serpentfern__rabbit's-foot_fern__Phlebodium_aureum__Polypodium_aureum tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium
member: #genus_Platycerium__Platycerium often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
member: #staghorn_fern any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag
member: #common_staghorn_fern__elkhorn_fern__elkhornfern__platyceriumbifurcatum__Platycerium_alcicorne commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
member: #genus_Pyrrosia__Pyrrosia epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World
member: #felt_fern__tongue_fern__Pyrrosia_lingua__Cyclophorus_lingua east Asian fern having fronds shaped like tongues; sometimes placed in genus Cyclophorus
member: #genus_Solanopteris__Solanopteris tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales
member: #Solanopteris_bifrons__potato_fern small epiphytic fern of South America with tuberous swellings along rhizomes
member: #genus_Cyclophorus__Cyclophorus tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia
member: #genus_Ceterach__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
member: #genus_Phyllitis__Phyllitis__genus_Scolopendrium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
member: #family_Vittariaceae__Vittariaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
member: #genus_Vittaria__Vittaria tropical epiphytic ferns with straplike fronds
member: #grass_fern__grassfern__ribbon_fern__Vittaria_lineata epiphytic fern found in lowland forests of tropical America
member: #family_Aspleniaceae__Aspleniaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium; Pleurosorus; Schaffneria
member: #genus_Asplenium__Asplenium in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: #spleenwort any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
member: #bird's_nest_fern__Asplenium_nidus tropical Old World or Australian epiphytic fern frequently forming tufts in tree crotches
member: #Asplenium_scolopendrium__hart's-tongue__hart's-tongue_fern__Phyllitis_scolopendrium Eurasian fern with simple lanceolate fronds
member: #scale_fern__scalefern__scaly_fern__scalyfern__Asplenium_ceterach__Ceterach_officinarum small European fern with chaffy leathery fronds
member: #genus_Camptosorus__Camptosorus classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium
member: #genus_Pleurosorus__Pleurosorus small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand
member: #genus_Schaffneria__Schaffneria 1 species
member: #Schaffneria_nigripes__Asplenium_nigripes__Scolopendrium_nigripes a fern of the genus Schaffneria
member: #family_Blechnaceae__Blechnaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum; Doodia; Sadleria; Stenochlaena; Woodwardia
member: #genus_Blechnum__Blechnum in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns
member: #hard_fern any of several ferns of the genus Blechnum
member: #genus_Doodia in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
member: #doodia__rasp_fern any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae
member: #genus_Sadleria__Sadleria low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
member: #genus_Stenochlaena__Stenochlaena large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
member: #genus_Woodwardia__Woodwardia in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns
member: #chain_fern__chainfern a fern of the genus Woodwardia having the sori in chainlike rows
member: #family_Dicksoniaceae__Dicksoniaceae tree ferns: genera Dicksonia; Cibotium; Culcita; Thyrsopteris
member: #genus_Dicksonia__Dicksonia tree ferns of temperate Australasia having bipinnatifid or tripinnatifid fronds and usually marginal sori; in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae
member: #soft_tree_fern__Dicksonia_antarctica of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
member: #genus_Cibotium__Cibotium in some classification systems placed in family Cyatheaceae: ornamental tree ferns with coarse gracefully drooping fronds
member: #Scythian_lamb__Cibotium_barometz Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic
member: #genus_Culcita__Culcita includes some plants usually placed in e.g. genus Dicksonia: terrestrial ferns resembling bracken; tropical America; Malaysia to Australia and Polynesia; southwestern Europe and Atlantic islands
member: #false_bracken__falsebracken__Culcita_dubia resembles Pteridium aquilinum; of Queensland Australia
member: #genus_Thyrsopteris 1 species
member: #thyrsopteris__Thyrsopteris_elegans a terrestrial tree fern of South America
member: #family_Oleandraceae__Oleandraceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: #genus_Oleandra__Oleandra or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns
member: #oleander_fern__Oleandra_neriiformis__Oleandra_mollis tropical fern having leathery fronds resembling oleander; found from Asia to Polynesia
member: #genus_Arthropteris__Arthropteris tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns
member: #genus_Nephrolepis__Nephrolepis small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #sword_fern__swordfern any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed
member: #family_Pteridaceae__Pteridaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
member: #genus_Acrostichum__Acrostichum in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: #leather_fern__leatherfern__goldenfern__Acrostichum_aureum stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
member: #genus_Actiniopteris__Actiniopteris terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa
member: #genus_Adiantum__Adiantum cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: #maidenhair_fern__maidenhair any of various small to large terrestrial ferns of the genus Adiantum having delicate palmately branched fronds
member: #genus_Anogramma__Anogramma a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae
member: #annual_fern__Jersey_fern__Anogramma_leptophylla small short-lived fern of Central and South America
member: #genus_Cheilanthes__Cheilanthes small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: #lip_fern__lipfern any of various terrestrial ferns of the genus Cheilanthes; cosmopolitan in arid and semi-arid temperate or tropical regions
member: #lace_fern__Cheilanthes_gracillima small tufted fern of northwestern America
member: #genus_Coniogramme__Coniogramme terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia
member: #bamboo_fern__Coniogramme_japonica fast-growing sturdy Japanese fern; cultivated for their attractive broad dark-green pinnate fronds
member: #genus_Cryptogramma__Cryptogramma sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae
member: #rock_brake dwarf deciduous lithophytic ferns
member: #American_rock_brake__American_parsley_fern__Cryptogramma_acrostichoides rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
member: #genus_Doryopteris__Doryopteris small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae
member: #hand_fern__Doryopteris_pedata tropical American fern with coarsely lobed to palmatifid fronds
member: #genus_Jamesonia__Jamesonia xerophytic ferns of South America
member: #genus_Onychium__Onychium small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae
member: #genus_Pellaea__Pellaea genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: #cliff_brake__cliffbrake__rock_brake any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
member: #coffee_fern__Pellaea_andromedifolia evergreen fern of California and Baja California
member: #button_fern__Pellaea_rotundifolia fern of New Zealand and Australia having trailing fronds with dark green buttonlike leaflets
member: #genus_Pityrogramma__Pityrogramma terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
member: #Pityrogramma_argentea__silver_fern fern of southern tropical Africa having fronds with white undersides
member: #silver_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos tropical American fern having fronds with white undersides
member: #golden_fern__Pityrogramma_calomelanos_aureoflava tropical American fern having fronds with light golden undersides
member: #gold_fern__Pityrogramma_chrysophylla fern of West Indies and South America having fronds with bright golden-yellow undersides
member: #genus_Pteris__Pteris large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: #brake.fern any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
member: #Pteris_cretica cultivated in many varieties as houseplants
member: #spider_brake__spider_fern__Pteris_multifida Asiatic fern introduced in America
member: #ribbon_fern__spider_fern__Pteris_serrulata fern of North Africa and Azores and Canary Islands
member: #family_Adiantaceae__Adiantaceae used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
member: #family_Cyatheaceae__Cyatheaceae tropical tree ferns
member: #genus_Cyathea__Cyathea type genus of the Cyatheaceae: tree ferns of the tropical rain forest to temperate woodlands
member: #silver_tree_fern__sago_fern__black_tree_fern__Cyathea_medullaris showy tree fern of New Zealand and Australia area having a crown of much-pinnated fronds with whitish undersides
member: #family_Davalliaceae__Davalliaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: #genus_Davallia Old World tropical fern; in some classification systems placed directly in family Polypodiaceae
member: #davallia any fern of the genus Davallia; having scaly creeping rhizomes
member: #hare's-foot_fern either of two ferns of the genus Davallia having a soft gray hairy rootstock
member: #Canary_Island_hare's_foot_fern__Davallia_canariensis fern of the Canary Islands and Madeira
member: #Australian_hare's_foot__Davallia_pyxidata a hare's-foot fern of the genus Davallia
member: #squirrel's-foot_fern__ball_fern__Davalia_bullata__Davalia_bullata_mariesii__Davallia_Mariesii feathery fern of tropical Asia and Malaysia
member: #family_Dennstaedtiaceae__Dennstaedtiaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: #genus_Dennstaedtia__Dennstaedtia chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
member: #hay-scented_fern__hayscentedfern__hay-scented__hayscented__scented_fern__scentedfern__boulderfern__Dennstaedtia_punctilobula fern of eastern North America with pale green fronds and an aroma like hay
member: #genus_Pteridium__Pteridium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
member: #pasture_brake__pasturebrake__bracken__brake__Pteridium_aquilinum large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
member: #bracken__Pteridium_esculentum fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
member: #family_Dryopteridaceae__Dryopteridaceae__Athyriaceae__family_Athyriaceae alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: #shield_fern__buckler_fern__bucklerfern any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
member: #genus_Dryopteris__Dryopteris large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #broad_buckler-fern__broadbucklerfern__Dryopteris_dilatata European shield fern
member: #wood_fern__wood-fern any of various ferns of the genus Dryopteris
member: #genus_Athyrium__Athyrium temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
member: #lady_fern__Athyrium_filix-femina most widely grown fern of the genus Athyrium for its delicate foliage
member: #glade_fern__gladefern__silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__narrow-leaved_spleenwort__Athyrium_pycnocarpon__Diplazium_pycnocarpon North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks
member: #genus_Cyrtomium__Cyrtomium small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #genus_Cystopteris__Cystopteris chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #bladder_fern__bladderfern any fern of the genus Cystopteris characterized by a hooded indusium or bladderlike membrane covering the sori
member: #genus_Deparia__Deparia classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera
member: #silvery_spleenwort__silveryspleenwort__Deparia_acrostichoides__Athyrium_thelypteroides fern with elongate silvery outgrowths enclosing the developing spores
member: #genus_Diacalpa__Diacalpa one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas
member: #genus_Gymnocarpium__Gymnocarpium oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris
member: #oak_fern__oakfern__Gymnocarpium_dryopteris__Thelypteris_dryopteris bright blue-green fern widely distributed especially in damp acid woodlands of temperate northern hemisphere
member: #genus_Lastreopsis__Lastreopsis tropical terrestrial shield ferns
member: #genus_Matteuccia__Matteuccia__Pteretis__genus_Pteretis small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #ostrich_fern__ostrichfern__shuttlecock_fern__shuttlecockfern__fiddlehead__Matteuccia_struthiopteris__Pteretis_struthiopteris__Onoclea_struthiopteris tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
member: #genus_Olfersia__Olfersia genus of fern having only one species
member: #genus_Onoclea__Onoclea 1 species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae
member: #sensitive_fern__sensitivefern__bead_fern__Onoclea_sensibilis beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slight tendency to fold when touched; pinnules enclose groups of sori in beadlike lobes
member: #genus_Polybotrya__Polybotrya__Polybotria__genus_Polybotria tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later
member: #genus_Polystichum__Polystichum small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #Christmas_fern__canker_brake__dagger_fern__evergreen_wood_fern__Polystichum_acrostichoides North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
member: #holly_fern__hollyfern any of various ferns of the genus Polystichum having fronds with texture and gloss like holly
member: #soft_shield_fern__Polystichum_setiferum European shield fern cultivated in many varieties
member: #genus_Rumohra__Rumohra leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum
member: #leatherleaf_fern__leatherleaffern__leather_fern__leatherfern__tendayfern__Rumohra_adiantiformis__Polystichum_adiantiformis widely distributed fern of tropical southern hemisphere having leathery pinnatifid fronds
member: #genus_Tectaria__Tectaria terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests
member: #Tectaria_cicutaria__button_fern Jamaican fern having round buttonlike bulbils
member: #Indian_button_fern__Tectaria_macrodonta fern of tropical Asia having round buttonlike bulbils
member: #genus_Woodsia genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
member: #woodsia any fern of the genus Woodsia
member: #family_Lomariopsidaceae__Lomariopsidaceae small family of usually scandent ferns
member: #genus_Bolbitis__Bolbitis terrestrial or less than normally scandent ferns of tropical regions of northern hemisphere
member: #genus_Lomogramma__Lomogramma large scandent ferns of southeastern Asia
member: #family_Lophosoriaceae__Lophosoriaceae very small family of tree ferns
member: #genus_Lophosoria__Lophosoria 1 species: tree fern of Central and South America
member: #family_Loxomataceae__Loxomataceae very small family of New Zealand ferns
member: #genus_Loxoma__Loxoma 1 species of terrestrial ferns of New Zealand
member: #order_Marattiales__Marattiales lower ferns coextensive with the family Marattiaceae
member: #family_Marattiaceae__Marattiaceae constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
member: #genus_Marattia__Marattia type genus of the Marattiaceae: ferns having the sporangia fused together in two rows
member: #potato_fern__Marattia_salicina large Australasian evergreen fern with an edible rhizome sometimes used as a vegetable by indigenous people
member: #genus_Angiopteris 1 species: tree fern
member: #angiopteris__angiopteri__giant_fern__giantfern__Angiopteris_evecta highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall
member: #genus_Danaea__Danaea fairly small terrestrial ferns of tropical America
member: #family_Cryptogrammataceae__Cryptogrammataceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
member: #family_Thelypteridaceae__Thelypteridaceae genera Thelypteris; Phegopteris; others
member: #genus_Thelypteris__Thelypteris marsh ferns: in some classification systems considered part of genus Dryopteris in family Dryopteridaceae
member: #marsh_fern__marshfern__thelypterispalustri__Dryopteris_thelypteris fern having pinnatifid fronds and growing in wet places; cosmopolitan in north temperate regions
member: #genus_Amauropelta__Amauropelta epiphytic or terrestrial ferns of America and Africa and Polynesia
member: #genus_Christella medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical forests of Old World to Americas
member: #christella any of several tropical ferns of the genus Christella having thin brittle fronds
member: #genus_Cyclosorus__Cyclosorus small genus of terrestrial ferns of tropical and subtropical southern hemisphere
member: #genus_Macrothelypteris__Macrothelypteris medium to large terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia to Polynesia and Australia; naturalized in Americas
member: #genus_Meniscium__Meniscium terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas
member: #genus_Oreopteris__Oreopteris 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris
member: #mountain_fern__Oreopteris_limbosperma__Dryopteris_oreopteris common European mountain fern having fragrant lemon or balsam scented fronds
member: #genus_Parathelypteris__Parathelypteris terrestrial ferns of warm and tropical Asia and North America
member: #New_York_fern__Parathelypteris_novae-boracensis__Dryopteris_noveboracensis slender shield fern of moist woods of eastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Dryopteris
member: #Massachusetts_fern__Parathelypteris_simulata__Thelypteris_simulata delicate feathery shield fern of the eastern United States; sometimes placed in genus Thelypteris
member: #genus_Phegopteris__Phegopteris beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris
member: #beech_fern__beechfern any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
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