Pteridophyta
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
From Pteridium (a genus) + -phyta
[edit] Proper noun
Pteridophyta
- (botany): A botanical name for a taxon within kingdom Plantae that includes the ferns. The taxon is traditionally given the rank of a division.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Hyponyms
- Equisetopsida — the "horsetails" and "scouring rushes"
- Gleicheniopsida — the "forked" and filmy ferns
- Marattiopsida — the eusporangiate tree ferns
- Osmundopsida — the "flowering" ferns
- Polypodiopsida or Pteridopsida — the "modern" ferns
- Psilotopsida — the "whisk ferns" and adder's-tongues
