filmy fern
English
Alternative forms
- filmy-fern
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Noun
filmy fern (plural filmy ferns)
- Any of the ferns in the subfamily Hymenophylloideae, so named for their thin, membranous fronds,
- especially, any in the genus Hymenophyllum of such ferns.
Hyponyms
- austral filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum australe), Cape filmy fern (Hymenophyllum capense), common filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum cupressiforme), drooping filmy fern (Hymenophyllum demissum), kidney fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum), matua mauku (Hymenophyllum dilatatum), much-divided filmy fern (Hymenophyllum multifidum), narrow filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum rarum), ohiaku (Hymenophyllum recurvum), palaihinahina (Hymenophyllum lanceolatum), piripiri (Hymenophyllum sanguinolentum), rough filmy fern (Hymenophyllum scabrum), shiny filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum flabellatum), Tunbridge filmy fern (Hymenophyllum tunbrigense), wavy filmy fern (Hymenophyllum flexuosum), Wilson's filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wilsonii), Wright's filmy fern (Hymenophyllum wrigntii) – selected hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- bristle fern (Trichomanes spp.)
Translations
Hymenophyllaceae fern
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References
- filmy fern on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hymenophyllaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Hymenophyllaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons