Definition of Genus athyrium

1. Noun. Temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Athyrium

genus Astacus
genus Aster
genus Astilbe
genus Astragalus
genus Astrantia
genus Astreus
genus Astroloma
genus Astronium
genus Astrophyton
genus Astropogon
genus Ateles
genus Athene
genus Atherinopsis
genus Atherurus
genus Athrotaxis
genus Athyrium
genus Atrichornis
genus Atriplex
genus Atropa
genus Attalea
genus Atticus
genus Aucuba
genus Aulacorhyncus
genus Aulostomus
genus Aureolaria
genus Auricularia
genus Auriparus
genus Australopithecus
genus Austrocedrus
genus Austrotaxus

Literary usage of Genus athyrium

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

1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1901)
"... largely predominate in that species it has become the accepted type for Athyrium. 1The genus Athyrium was first published by Albrecht Wilhelm Roth in ..."

2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"... he will find himself inextricably involved in the most tangled and unnatural combinations. With regard to the genus Athyrium, as composed by ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"BUTTERS,* in the first of a series of taxonomic and geographic studies of North American ferns, has discussed the genus Athyrium as represented in various ..."

4. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"61, Mr. Newman says: —" In opposition to the views of many eminent botanists, I feel inclined to return the Lady fern to the genus Athyrium of Roth, ..."

5. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES Family POLYPODIACEAE Genus ATHYRIUM ATHYRIUM ESCULENTUM Copel. (Figs. 2, 3). PAK6. The young fronds of this fern are eaten in all ..."

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