Pteridium

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πτέρις (ptéris, “fern”) + -ium. === Proper noun === Pteridium n A taxonomic genus within the family Dennstaedtiaceae – brackenferns, possibly the most widely distributed ferns. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina – subphylum; Polypodiopsida – class; Polypodiidae – subclass; Polypodiales – order; Dennstaedtiaceae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Pteridium aquilinum (common bracken) – type species; Pteridium arachnoideum (tropical brackenfern), Pteridium caudatum (southern brackenfern), Pteridium centrali-africanum, Pteridium esculentum (Austral bracken), Pteridium falcatum, Pteridium feei, Pteridium latiusculum (eastern brackenfern), Pteridium lineare, Pteridium pinetorum (pinewood bracken), Pteridium revolutum (South Asian brackenfern), Pteridium yunnanense – other accepted species === References === Pteridium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Pteridium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Pteridium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons