genus Cryptogramma

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genus Cryptogramma - sometimes placed in family Polypodiaceae or CryptogrammataceaeCryptogrammafern 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 subdividedrock brake - dwarf deciduous lithophytic fernsAmerican parsley fern, American rock brake, Cryptogramma acrostichoides - rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley