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FAMILY ASPLENIACEAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Aspleniaceae mean?
• FAMILY ASPLENIACEAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ASPLENIACEAE has 1 sense:
1. one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
Familiarity information: FAMILY ASPLENIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aspleniaceae; family Aspleniaceae
Hypernyms ("family Aspleniaceae" is a kind of...):
fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)
Meronyms (members of "family Aspleniaceae"):
Asplenium; genus Asplenium (in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae)
Camptosorus; genus Camptosorus (classification used in some especially former systems for plants usually placed in genus Asplenium)
genus Pleurosorus; Pleurosorus (small genus comprising terrestrial ferns; found in Chile and Spain and Morocco and Australia and New Zealand)
genus Schaffneria; Schaffneria (one species)
Holonyms ("family Aspleniaceae" is a member of...):
Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)
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