Definition of Microsorium

1. Noun. Tropical usually epiphytic ferns; Africa to Asia and Polynesia to Australia.

Exact synonyms: Genus Microsorium
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Polypodiaceae, Polypodiaceae
Member holonyms: Climbing Bird's Nest Fern, Microsorium Punctatum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microsorium

Microscopium
Microshaft
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Microsorium (current term)
Microsorium punctatum
Microspeak
Microsporasida
Microsporum audouinii
Microsporum canis
Microsporum canis distortum
Microsporum ferrugineum
Microsporum fulvum
Microsporum gallinae
Microsporum gypseum
Microsporum nanum
Microsporum persicolor
Microsporum vanbreuseghemi
Microstomus

Literary usage of Microsorium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"I have previously treated the polymorphism of the Microsorium " type of which the best known representative is P. punctatum (L. ) Sw. The present new form, ..."

2. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"Sm. Microsorium, Fée, Gen. Fil. t. 20. B. f. 2. Hal). Luzon, Cuming, n. 66. Borneo, Sarawak, on limestone, ..."

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