Definition of Genus Onoclea

1. Noun. One species: sensitive fern; in some classifications included in Polypodiaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Onoclea

genus Oestrus
genus Okapia
genus Olea
genus Oleandra
genus Olearia
genus Olfersia
genus Oligoplites
genus Oligoporus
genus Ommastrephes
genus Omphalotus
genus Onchorynchus
genus Oncidium
genus Ondatra
genus Oniscus
genus Onobrychis
genus Onoclea (current term)
genus Ononis
genus Onopordon
genus Onopordum
genus Onosmodium
genus Onychium
genus Onychogalea
genus Onychomys
genus Opheodrys
genus Ophiodon
genus Ophioglossum
genus Ophiophagus
genus Ophisaurus
genus Ophrys
genus Opisthocomus

Literary usage of Genus Onoclea

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

1. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1916)
"... but subsequently was removed to the ferns because of its resemblance to the modern genus Onoclea, a resemblance that is close ..."

2. Studies in Natural History by University of Iowa (1899)
"If the species is retained in the genus Onoclea the name would be Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm. If placed in a separate genus several possibilities ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Cryptogamous Plants: In Letters by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1807)
"I have above shown, that the genus Onoclea is nearest allied to Acrostichum, and is only distinct from it in having an involucre, which originates from the ..."

4. Annals of Botany by Carl Dietrich Eberhard König, John Sims (1806)
"... lilis can no longer be considered as belonging to the genus Onoclea: it is indeed furnished, like the true ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"... detailing with some particularity the results of his experiments upon ferns of the genus Onoclea, in which by mutilation at certain periods be was able ..."

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