Pteridium

Translingual

Type species: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, commonly known as bracken.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”) + -ium.

Proper noun

Pteridium n

1. 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
• Pteridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons