Pteridium

pteridium Translingual thumb|Type species: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, commonly known as bracken. Etymology From mul grc πτέρις fern + la -ium. Proper noun Pteridium 1 n genus family Dennstaedtiaceae family brackenfern s, possibly the most widely distributed ferns Hypernyms genus ; Polypodiophytina subphylum subphylum; Polypodiopsida class; Polypodiidae subclass subclass; Polypodiales order order; Dennstaedtiaceae family family Hyponyms genus Pteridium aquilinum species (common bracken) type species; Pteridium arachnoideum species (tropical brackenfern), Pteridium caudatum species (southern brackenfern), Pteridium centrali-africanum species, Pteridium esculentum species (Austral bracken), Pteridium falcatum species, Pteridium feei species, Pteridium latiusculum species (eastern brackenfern), Pteridium lineare species, Pteridium pinetorum species (pinewood bracken), Pteridium revolutum species (South Asian brackenfern), Pteridium yunnanense species other accepted species References 1 1 1