Dryopteris
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See also: dryopteris
Translingual
Etymology
From New Latin dryopteris, from Ancient Greek δρυοπτερίς (druopterís, “black oak fern, Irish spleenwort (Asplenium onopteris, now Asplenium adiantum-nigrum subsp. onopteris)”).
Proper noun
Dryopteris f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Dryopteridaceae – wood ferns, buckler ferns, or shield ferns, and male ferns.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Drepanidae – certain moths, now considered a junior synonym of Oreta.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Dryopteridaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Dryopteris filix-mas - type species; for other species see
Dryopteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Dryopteris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Dryopteris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Dryopteris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Dryopteris at USDA Plants database
- Dryopteris at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Dryopteris at the Catalogue of Life
- Dryopteris at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Dryopteris at Paleobiology Database
