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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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- genus phyllitis a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae (in some classification systems included in genus Asplenium)
- asplenium in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
- genus polystichum small to medium-sized terrestrial ferns especially holly ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae
- genus doodia in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae; small terrestrial colony-forming ferns of Australasia
- family athyriaceae alternative names for one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
- genus adiantum cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
- vittariaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems: genus Vittaria
- parkeriaceae coextensive with the genus Ceratopteris; sometimes included in family Polypodiaceae
- dennstaedtia chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
- family dennstaedtiaceae one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems