blechnaceae
English Thesaurus
1. one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Blechnum, Doodia, Sadleria, Stenochlaena, and Woodwardia (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fern family, |
| definition | : | families of ferns and fern allies (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | blechnum, genus blechnum, |
| definition | : | in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; terrestrial ferns of cosmopolitan distribution mainly in southern hemisphere: hard ferns (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | doodia, genus doodia, |
| definition | : | in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus sadleria, sadleria, |
| definition | : | low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus stenochlaena, stenochlaena, |
| definition | : | large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | genus woodwardia, woodwardia, |
| definition | : | in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns (noun.plant) |
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