genus Pteridium


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Noun1.genus Pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceaegenus Pteridium - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Dennstaedtiaceae
fern genus - genera of ferns and fern allies
Dennstaedtiaceae, family Dennstaedtiaceae - one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems
pasture brake, Pteridium aquilinum, bracken, brake - large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
bracken, Pteridium esculentum - fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate regions
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Bracken fern (genus Pteridium) toxicity, a global problem.
Morphological and genomic diversity in the genus Pteridium (Dennstaedtiaceae).