Pteridaceae

n : one of a number of families into which the family

Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification

systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes

subdivided into the families Actiniopteridaceae;

Adiantaceae; Cryptogrammataceae; includes genera

Acrostichum; Adiantopsis; Adiantum; Anogramma; Bommeria;

Cheilanthes; Coniogramme; Doryopteris; Gymnopteris;

Hemionitis; Jamesonia; Paraceterach; Pellaea;

Pityrogramma; Pteris; Ptilopteris [syn: {Pteridaceae}, {family

Pteridaceae}]