Dryopteris

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

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Dryopteridaceae – wood ferns, buckler ferns, or shield ferns, and male ferns.
2. (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