ASPLENIACEAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aspleniaceae mean? 

• ASPLENIACEAE (noun)
  The noun 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: ASPLENIACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASPLENIACEAE (noun)

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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 ("Aspleniaceae" is a kind of...):

fern family (families of ferns and fern allies)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Aspleniaceae" is a member of...):

Filicales; order Filicales; order Polypodiales; Polypodiales (true (leptosporangiate) ferns)