#order_Filicales__Filicales__Polypodiales__order_Polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns
supertype: #plant_order__plantorder the order of plants
member of: #class_Filicopsida
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
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