Polypodiaceae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name: Polypodiaceae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Polypodiaceae

Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader circumscription has also been used, in which the family includes other families kept separate in PPG I. Nearly all species are epiphytes, but some are terrestrial.

Polypodiaceae in languages:

Catalan: Polipodiàcies
Chinese: 水龍骨科
Czech: osladičovité
Danish: Engelsødfamilien
Dutch: Eikvarenfamilie
English: polypody family
Finnish: kallioimarrekasvit
French: Polypodiacées
German: Tüpfelfarngewächse
Japanese: ウラボシ科
Korean: 고란초과
Polish: Paprotkowate
Russian: Многоножковые
Swedish: stensöteväxter
Thai: ชายผ้าสีดา กระแตไต่ไม้ ฯลฯ

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