FAMILY ATHYRIACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Athyriaceae mean? 

• FAMILY ATHYRIACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ATHYRIACEAE has 1 sense:

1. alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ATHYRIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ATHYRIACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

Alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Athyriaceae; Dryopteridaceae; family Athyriaceae; family Dryopteridaceae

Hypernyms ("family Athyriaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "family Athyriaceae"):

genus Tectaria; Tectaria (terrestrial or epilithic ferns of tropical rain forests)

genus Rumohra; Rumohra (leatherleaf ferns: in some classifications included in genus Polystichum)

genus Polystichum; Polystichum (small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)

genus Polybotria; genus Polybotrya; Polybotria; Polybotrya (tropical American ferns; usually terrestrial when young but scandent later)

genus Onoclea; Onoclea (one species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae)

genus Olfersia; Olfersia (genus of fern having only one species)

genus Matteuccia; genus Pteretis; Matteuccia; Pteretis (small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae)

genus Lastreopsis; Lastreopsis (tropical terrestrial shield ferns)

genus Gymnocarpium; Gymnocarpium (oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris)

Diacalpa; genus Diacalpa (one species: delicate fern of foothills of Himalayas)

Deparia; genus Deparia (classification used for 5 species of terrestrial ferns usually placed in other genera)

Cystopteris; genus Cystopteris (chiefly small perennial rock ferns: bladder ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae)

Cyrtomium; genus Cyrtomium (small genus of tropical Asiatic greenhouse ferns; in some classifications placed in Polypodiaceae)

Athyrium; genus Athyrium (temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium)

Dryopteris; genus Dryopteris (large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)

buckler fern; shield fern (any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris or Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori)

genus Woodsia (genus of small to medium-sized usually rock-inhabiting ferns of temperate and cold regions; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae)

Holonyms ("family Athyriaceae" is a member of...):

class Filicinae; class Filicopsida; Filicinae; Filicopsida (ferns)