#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)
supertype: #fern_family families of ferns and fern allies
member of: #order_Filicales
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)
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