Pteridium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”) + -ium.
Proper noun
Pteridium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dennstaedtiaceae – bracken, the most widely distributed ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Dennstaedtiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pteridium aquilinum, Pteridium arachnoideum, Pteridium caudatum, Pteridium centrali-africanum, Pteridium esculentum, Pteridium falcatum, Pteridium feei, Pteridium latiusculum, Pteridium lineare, Pteridium revolutum, Pteridium tauricum, Pteridium yunnanense - accepted species
References
- Pteridium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pteridium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pteridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons