Genera within a family

Family: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
DRYOPTERIDACEAE (G)
Fern Family (Le)
Dryades, Dryas**, = wood-nymphs, dryads.
drys,= the oak, sacred to Zeus; any timber tree;
pteron, = a feather, wings.
(winged)
(ld, LS, BL)
CYRTOMIUM (G)
cyrtos, = curved, bent, arched; (convex)
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’.
(LS, BL)
ELAPHOGLOSSUM (G)
Deertongue Ferns (Le)
elaphos, = deer;
glossa, = tongue.
(LS)
RUMOHRA
For Karl Friedrich Ludwig Felix von Rumohr (1785-1843).**
(Ch)