Family: Pteridaceae  E. D. M. Kirchn.

Family number: 1270. Last updated: 14-Aug-2001.
Number of accepted genera: 55.
Type genus: Pteris L.
Comment: fern family.

Complete list of genera

Check other databases for:

• Other Pteridaceae data links (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Flowering Plant Gateway)
  
• Higher level classification information (Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website)
  
• Reveal's concordance of Pteridaceae with other family classifications (University of Maryland)
  
• Pteridaceae genera from Brummitt's Vascular Plant Families and Genera (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
  

References for family:

• There are no references for this family in GRIN.

Check other bibliographic databases:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

Synonyms for family:

• Acrostichaceae A. B. Frank
• Actiniopteridaceae Pic. Serm.
• Adiantaceae Newman, nom. cons.
• Anopteraceae Doweld
• Antrophyaceae Ching
• Ceratopteridaceae Underw.
• Cheilanthaceae M. P. Nayar
• Cryptogrammaceae Pic. Serm.
• Hemionitidaceae Pic. Serm.
• Negripteridaceae Pic. Serm.
• Parkeriaceae Hook.
• Platyzomataceae Nakai
• Sinopteridaceae Koidz.
• Taenitidaceae Pic. Serm.
• Vittariaceae Ching

Images:

• Forestry Images (Adiantum pedatum): from www.forestryimages.org
• Forestry Images (Cryptogramma acrostichoides): from www.forestryimages.org

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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