Pteris
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”).
Proper noun
Pteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – brakes, tropical and subtropical ferns.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiales – order; Pteridaceae – family; Pteridoideae – subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Pteris longifolia – type species; Pteris aquilina (common bracken), Pteris cretica (Cretan brake), Pteris livida, Pteris vittata – selected other species; for others see Pteris on WikispeciesWikispecies or Pteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Derived terms
- genera of ferns
- Acrostichopteris
- Actiniopteris
- Aleuritopteris
- Ampelopteris
- Angiopteris
- †Archaeopteris
- Arthropteris
- Bryopteris
- Calciphilopteris
- Callistopteris
- Ceratopteris
- Chrismatopteris
- Coniopteris
- Coryphopteris
- Cystopteris
- Dicranopteris
- Dipteris
- Discosoropteris
- Doryopteris
- Dryopteris
- Gangamopteris
- Glossopteris
- Goniopteris
- Haplopteris
- Hecistopteris
- Histiopteris
- Leptopteris
- Makotopteris
- Mesopteris
- Metathelypteris
- Mickelopteris
- Microphyllopteris
- Myriopteris
- Nannothelypteris
- Neuropteris
- Nilssoniopteris
- Oceaniopteris
- Oreopteris
- Ormopteris
- Orthiopteris
- Pachypteris
- Paragymnopteris
- Parathelypteris
- Pecopteris
- Phegopteris
- Phyllopteris
- Pneumatopteris
- Rheopteris
- Sphenopteris
- Sphaeropteris
- Steiropteris
- Stromatopteris
- Struthiopteris
- Taeniopteris
- Thelypteris
- Thyrsopteris
- Tilopteris
- Tmesipteris
- Trachypteris
- Xylopteris
Related terms
- genera of other kinds of organisms
- Anarytropteris
- Cardiopteris
- Caryopteris
- Chaetopteris
- Chloropteris
- Dictyopteris
- Gansuapteris
- Glenopteris
- Halopteris
- Hapsidopteris
- Ischnopteris
- Notopteris
- Ophiopteris
- Phoxopteris
- Polyopteris
- Pseudopteris
- Tomopteris
- Tripteris
Further reading
- Pteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Pteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Pteris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pteris at USDA Plants database