fern family - families of ferns and fern allies

Filicales, order Filicales, order Polypodiales, Polypodiales - true (leptosporangiate) ferns

Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

Actiniopteris, genus Actiniopteris - terrestrial ferns of tropical Asia and Africa

Adiantum, genus Adiantum - cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

Anogramma, genus Anogramma - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Pteridaceae

Cheilanthes, genus Cheilanthes - small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

Coniogramme, genus Coniogramme - terrestrial ferns of Pacific islands and Asia

Cryptogramma, genus Cryptogramma - sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Cryptogrammataceae

Doryopteris, genus Doryopteris - small to medium tropical tufted ferns; sometimes placed in family Adiantaceae

genus Jamesonia, Jamesonia - xerophytic ferns of South America

genus Onychium, Onychium - small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: claw ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae

genus Pellaea, Pellaea - genus of chiefly small rock-loving ferns; in some classification systems it is placed in the family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

genus Pityrogramma, Pityrogramma - terrestrial tropical ferns having fronds with powdery yellowish or white undersides; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae

genus Pteris, Pteris - large genus of terrestrial ferns of tropics and subtropics; sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae