Pteridium
Translingual
Type species: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, commonly known as bracken.
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): Plantae - kingdom; Pteridophyta - division; Polypodiopsida - class; 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
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