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
DENNSTAEDTIACEAE (OE, La)
A Fern Family (Le)
denn, = woodland pasture; possibly denoting ‘habitation of a wild beast’, ‘forest, haunt of wild beasts’;
taeda, = a resinous species of pine-tree, the pitch-pine tree (Pinus combra).
(Ox, ld)
HISTIOPTERIS (G)
histos, = the web-beam of the loom, the loom, the web;
pteron, = a feather, wings;
(referring to the network of veins)
(LS, BL, Le)
PTERIDIUM (G)
Bracken (Le)
pteron, = a feather, wings;
pteris, = fern;
-idium, = diminutive.
(fronds resemble a bird’s wing)
(LS, Ro, BL, Le)
HYPOLEPIS (G)
Fern Group (Le)
(h)upo, = under, beneath;
(below, under, beneath)
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(LS, BL)