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nounferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)
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- cryptogrammataceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- davalliaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- aspleniaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; includes genera Asplenium, Pleurosorus, Schaffneria
- genus matteuccia small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
- pteridaceae one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdivided
- genus athyrium temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium
- oleandra or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns
- genus pteretis small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae
- family davalliaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- family oleandraceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems