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Definition of Olfersia
1. Noun. Genus of fern having only one species.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Olfersia
Literary usage of Olfersia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"In the wings there are six costal veins. There are numerous species, all of which
are bird-parasites. Olfersia americana lives on the owl and other birds. ..."
2. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"Olfersia. —• Fronds dimorphous, simple or pinnate. ... Olfersia, Kze. Bot. Zeit,.
1842. \.p. 312. Hook. and Grev. le. Fil. t. 81. Hook. FU. Exot. t. 43. ..."
3. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"Olfersia Americana. (After Packard.) Very little is known of the intimate ...
One of the commonest of our North American species is Olfersia americana which ..."
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