Search for crossword answers and clues

Answer for the clue "In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae ", 11 letters:
acrostichum

Word definitions for acrostichum in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Acrostichum is a fern genus in the Ceratopteridoideae subfamily of the Pteridaceae . It was one of the original pteridophyte genera delineated by Linnaeus . It was originally drawn very broadly, including all ferns that had sori apparently "acrostichoid", ...

Usage examples of acrostichum.

A plant that was adapted to living in shallow saltwater environments, it may have grown to a height of twenty feet (based upon a type of mangrove fern, Acrostichum, that exists today).