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Definition of Dicksonia antarctica
1. Noun. Of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates.
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Dicksonia, Genus Dicksonia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicksonia Antarctica
| Dicotyledonae Dicotyledones Dicranaceae Dicranales Dicranopteris Dicranum Dicrostonyx Dicrostonyx hudsonius Dictamnus alba Dictaphone | Dictyophera Dictyoptera |
Literary usage of Dicksonia antarctica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Structure & Development of the Mosses & Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1895)
"both hemispheres, and some of them, eg dicksonia antarctica, ... In others, like
dicksonia antarctica, the whole trunk is covered with a thick mat of roots, ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The New Zealand tree-fern dicksonia antarctica, with a diameter of 40 cm.
reaches a height of 15 metres, and the caudex of Alsophila excelsa, ..."
3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"dicksonia antarctica. A simple example of this is shown in dicksonia antarctica (Fig.
331, III). The tufts of sporangia, which apparently spring from 1 For ..."
4. Ferns in Their Homes and Ours by John Robinson (1878)
"Alsophila Cooperi, Hk., Queensland. Alsophila excelsa, Br., Norfolk Island.
dicksonia antarctica, Labill., Australia. Dicksonia arborescens, L? ..."
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