genus Acrostichum

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genus Acrostichum - in some classification systems placed in family PolypodiaceaeAcrostichumfern genus - genera of ferns and fern alliesfamily Pteridaceae, Pteridaceae - one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems; Pteridaceae is itself in turn sometimes further subdividedAcrostichum aureum, leather fern, golden fern - stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides