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that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

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a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

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any number of entities (members) considered as a unit

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a group of plants or animals

taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon go
animal or plant group having natural relations

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(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera

fern family
families of ferns and fern allies

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35 Subcategories

Hymenophyllaceae, family Hymenophyllaceae go
terrestrial (hygrophytic) or epiphytic ferns: filmy ferns
Osmundaceae, family Osmundaceae go
large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas
Schizaeaceae, family Schizaeaceae go
small family of mainly tropical ferns
Marsileaceae, family Marsileaceae go
clover ferns
Salviniaceae, family Salviniaceae go
water ferns
Azollaceae, family Azollaceae go
used in some classifications for the genus Azolla
Ophioglossaceae, family Ophioglossaceae go
a family of succulent ferns of order Ophioglossales
Gleicheniaceae, family Gleicheniaceae go
a family of ferns belonging to order Filicales
Parkeriaceae, family Parkeriaceae go
coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris
Polypodiaceae, family Polypodiaceae go
ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
Adiantaceae, family Adiantaceae go
used in some classification systems for some genera of the family Polypodiaceae (or Pteridaceae)
Vittariaceae, family Vittariaceae go
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
Aspleniaceae, family Aspleniaceae go
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Blechnaceae, family Blechnaceae go
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Cyatheaceae, family Cyatheaceae go
tropical tree ferns
Davalliaceae, family Davalliaceae go
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Dennstaedtiaceae, family Dennstaedtiaceae go
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Dicksoniaceae, family Dicksoniaceae go
tree ferns: genera Dicksonia, Cibotium, Culcita, and Thyrsopteris elegans
Dryopteridaceae, family Dryopteridaceae, Athyriaceae, family Athyriaceae go
alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Lomariopsidaceae, family Lomariopsidaceae go
small family of usually scandent ferns
Lophosoriaceae, family Lophosoriaceae go
very small family of tree ferns
Loxomataceae, family Loxomataceae go
very small family of New Zealand ferns
Oleandraceae, family Oleandraceae go
one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Pteridaceae, family Pteridaceae go
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Marattiaceae, family Marattiaceae go
constituting the order Marattiales: chiefly tropical eusporangiate ferns with gigantic fronds
Psilotaceae, family Psilotaceae go
small family of lower ferns having nearly naked stems and minute scalelike leaves
Psilophytaceae, family Psilophytaceae go
Paleozoic plants
Rhyniaceae, family Rhyniaceae go
primitive plants of the Paleozoic
Equisetaceae, family Equisetaceae, horsetail family go
sole surviving family of the Equisetales: fern allies
Lepidodendraceae, family Lepidodendraceae go
fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk
Lycopodiaceae, family Lycopodiaceae, clubmoss family go
a family of ferns belonging to the order Lycopodiales
Selaginellaceae, family Selaginellaceae go
lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
Isoetaceae, family Isoetaceae, quillwort family go
quillworts
Cryptogrammataceae, family Cryptogrammataceae go
one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
Thelypteridaceae, family Thelypteridaceae go
genera Thelypteris, Phegopteris, and others