Polypodiopsida

Translingual

Etymology

Polypodium +‎ -opsida

Proper noun

Polypodiopsida

1. (sensu stricto) A taxonomic class within the division Pteridophyta – leptosporangiate ferns.
2. (sensu lato) A taxonomic class within the phylum Tracheophyta – leptosporangiate ferns, horsetails, whisk ferns, grape ferns, and others.

Synonyms

• (class in Pteridophyta): Pteridopsida - class

Hypernyms

• (class in Tracheophyta): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Polypodiophytina - subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class in Pteridophyta): Polypodiidae - subclass
  • Cyatheales, Gleicheniales, Hymenophyllales, Osmundales, Polypodiales, Salviniales, Schizaeales, †Zygopteridales - orders
• (class in Tracheophyta): Equisetidae, Marattiidae, Ophioglossidae, Polypodiidae (leptosporangiate ferns) - subclasses
  • Equisetales (horsetails); Marattiales; Ophioglossales (whisk ferns), Psilotales (grape ferns etc); Cyatheales, Gleicheniales, Hymenophyllales, Osmundales, Polypodiales, Salviniales, Schizaeales, †Zygopteridales - orders

References

• Polypodiopsida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polypodiopsida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Polypodiopsida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Search for Polypodiopsida at APWeb (Search for ferns)
• Polypodiopsida at the Tree of Life Web Project