We found 2 definitions of polypodiaceae from 2 different sources.
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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) | ||
family Polypodiaceae | ||
fern family families of ferns and fern allies | ||
filicales, order filicales, order polypodiales, polypodiales true (leptosporangiate) ferns | ||
genus polypodium, polypodium a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori | ||
aglaomorpha, genus aglaomorpha epiphytic ferns of tropical Asia | ||
campyloneurum, genus campyloneurum epiphytic ferns of tropical America | ||
drymoglossum, genus drymoglossum epiphytic ferns of Madagascar to tropical Asia and New Guinea | ||
drynaria, genus drynaria large robust epiphytic ferns of tropical forest and scrub; Africa and Asia and Australia | ||
genus lecanopteris epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea | ||
genus microgramma, microgramma epiphytic ferns of tropical America and Africa | ||
genus microsorium, microsorium tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia | ||
genus phlebodium, phlebodium chiefly epiphytic tropical ferns with free veins bearing sori | ||
genus platycerium, platycerium often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns | ||
genus pyrrosia, pyrrosia epiphytic or lithophytic or terrestrial ferns of tropical Old World | ||
genus solanopteris, solanopteris tropical American epiphytic ferns having rhizomes with tubers and roots as well as scales | ||
cyclophorus, genus cyclophorus tropical Old World ferns having closely crowded circular sori and no indusia | ||
ceterach, genus ceterach small genus of Old World ferns; superseded in some classification systems which place plants of this genus in e.g. genera Asplenium and Pleurosorus |