Definition of Ceratopteris

1. Noun. Water ferns.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceratopteris

Cerastium tomentosum
Ceratitis
Ceratitis capitata
Ceratodontidae
Ceratonia
Ceratonia siliqua
Ceratopetalum
Ceratopetalum gummiferum
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllidae
Ceratophyllum
Ceratophyllus
Ceratopogon
Ceratopsia
Ceratopsidae
Ceratopteris
Ceratopteris pteridioides
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Ceratostomataceae
Ceratostomella
Ceratostomella ulmi
Ceratotherium
Ceratotherium simum
Cerberean
Cerberian
Cerberus
Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllum
Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Cercidium

Literary usage of Ceratopteris

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

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"ceratopteris. The most striking example is ceratopteris, in which all stages occur, ... Besides ceratopteris, on account of its rich asexual propagation, ..."

2. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1858)
"... Kaulf.," but this bears date 1827. I am therefore still bound, under correction, to consider ceratopteris as the oldest name. ..."

3. Index Filicum: a Synopsis, with Characters, of the Genera, Extensively by Thomas Moore (1861)
"MS. in Hb. ceratopteris cornuta, Lepr. Ann. Sc. Nat. 1 ser. six. 99, t. 4. ... ceratopteris Parkeri, J. Sm. Hook. Journ. Sot. iv. 70 ; Id. Sot. ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"founded the genus ceratopteris (186) with two species (i) ceratopteris thalictroides founded on Pteris thalictroides Sw. ((a) ..."

5. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"Miss Ford considers ceratopteris to be closely allied to the ... "The anatomy of ceratopteris thalictroides (L.), Annals of Botany 16:95-121. pi. 6. ..."

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