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): 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

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