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division pteridophytanouncontaining all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of tracheophyta

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division pteridophytanouncontaining all the vascular plants that do not bear seeds: ferns, horsetails, club mosses, and whisk ferns; in some classifications considered a subdivision of tracheophyta
rhyniaceaenounprimitive plants of the paleozoic
psilophytalesnounpaleozoic simple dichotomously branched plants of europe and eastern canada including the oldest known vascular land plants
salviniaceaenounSalviniaceae, is a family of heterosporous ferns in the order Salviniales.
lomariopsidaceaenounsmall family of usually scandent ferns
filicopsidanounferns
thelypteridaceaenouna family of about 900 species of ferns in the order Polypodiales.
marattiaceaenounthe only family of extant (living) ferns in the order Marattiales.
fern familynounfamilies of ferns and fern allies
ophioglossaceaenounOphioglossaceae, the adder's-tongue family, is a small family of ferns.
dennstaedtiaceaenounone of fifteen families in the order Polypodiales, the most derived families within monilophytes (ferns).
marsileaceaenouna small family of heterosporous aquatic and semi-aquatic ferns, though at first sight they do not physically resemble other ferns.
hymenophyllaceaenounThe Hymenophyllaceae, the filmy ferns and bristle ferns, are a family of two to nine genera (depending on classification system) and about 650 known species of ferns, with a subcosmopolitan distribution, but generally restricted to very damp places or to locations where they are wetted by spray from waterfalls or springs.
parathelypterisnounterrestrial ferns of warm and tropical asia and north america
dicksoniaceaenouna group of tropical, subtropical and warm temperate ferns, treated as a family in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016, and counting 30-40 species.
osmundaceaenoun(royal fern family) a family of ferns containing four to six extant genera and 18–25 known species.
gleicheniaceaenounThe forked ferns are the family Gleicheniaceae, which includes six genera and about 160 known species.
oleandraceaenounone of a number of families into which polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
lycopsidanounclub mosses and related forms: includes lycopodiales; isoetales; selaginellales; and extinct lepidodendrales; sometimes considered a subdivision of tracheophyta
filicalesnountrue (leptosporangiate) ferns

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