Filicinae (Noun)
Meaning
Ferns.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Filicinae, the class of vascular plants commonly known as ferns, is generally divided into several distinct orders.
- Many species within the Filicinae group have adapted to grow in wet environments such as rainforests and swamps.
- Leaves that resemble the fronds of Filicinae are also present in some flowering plants, but they share little in common with true ferns.
- Taxonomists have recently reorganized the Filicinae to better reflect the evolutionary relationships between the different orders and families of ferns.
- Within the gymnosperms and angiosperms, certain extinct species are thought to have shared a common ancestor with the Filicinae, giving us further insight into the origins of these ancient plants.