Dryopteris
See also: dryopteris
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek δρυοπτερίς (druopterís, “black oak fern, Irish spleenwort (Asplenium onopteris, now Asplenium adiantum-nigrum subsp. onopteris)”)
Proper noun
Dryopteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dryopteridaceae – the wood ferns, the buckler fern or shield ferns, and the male fern.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae – certain moths, now considered a junior synonym of Oreta.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Dryopteridaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dryopteris filix-mas - type species; for other species see
References
- Dryopteris at USDA Plants database
- Dryopteris on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dryopteris at the Catalogue of Life
- Dryopteris at Encyclopedia of Life
- Dryopteris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dryopteris at Fossilworks
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