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Definition of Genus Athyrium
1. Noun. Temperate and tropical lady ferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or in the genus Asplenium.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Member holonyms: Athyrium Filix-femina, Lady Fern, Athyrium Pycnocarpon, Diplazium Pycnocarpon, Glade Fern, Narrow-leaved Spleenwort, Silvery Spleenwort
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Athyrium
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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