Grammitis

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Grammitis f

1. Certain ferns:
   1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – a few hundred species now many dispersed among numerous genera in Polypodiaceae and some in Pteridaceae.
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Polypodiaceae – dwarf polypody (about 25 species).

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum; Polypodiopsida - class; Polypodiidae - subclass; Polypodiales - order; Polypodiaceae - family; Grammitidoideae (grammitidids) - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus (current)): Grammitis marginella - type species

Derived terms

genera

• Oreogrammitis
• Dasygrammitis
• Radiogrammitis
• Stenogrammitis
• Ascogrammitis
• Notogrammitis
• Archigrammitis
• Chrysogrammitis

family

• Grammitidaceae (now subfamily Grammitidoideae))

References

• Grammitis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Grammitis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Grammitis at the Catalogue of Life