Definition of Genus Schizaea

1. Noun. Type genus of the Schizaeaceae cosmopolitan especially in tropics; small leptosporangiate ferns: curly grass fern.

Exact synonyms: Schizaea
Group relationships: Family Schizaeaceae, Schizaeaceae
Member holonyms: Curly Grass, Curly Grass Fern, Schizaea Pusilla
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Schizaea

genus Sayornis
genus Scabiosa
genus Scaphiopus
genus Scaphosepalum
genus Scarabaeus
genus Scardinius
genus Scartella
genus Sceliphron
genus Sceloglaux
genus Sceloporus
genus Schaffneria
genus Schefflera
genus Schinus
genus Schistosoma
genus Schizachyrium
genus Schizaea (current term)
genus Schizanthus
genus Schizopetalon
genus Schizophragma
genus Schizosaccharomyces
genus Schlumbergera
genus Schomburgkia
genus Sciadopitys
genus Sciaena
genus Sciaenops
genus Sciara
genus Scilla
genus Scincella
genus Scincus
genus Scindapsus

Literary usage of Genus Schizaea

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1899)
"... of the genus Schizaea as limited by Hooker, and this portion of the genus may well be separated ..."

2. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"Subsequently the stele dilated, perhaps to accommodate the enlarging leaf-traces,1 as seen in the genus Schizaea; and became even ..."

3. Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon & Andes: Being Records of Travel on the by Richard Spruce, Alfred Russel Wallace (1908)
"... genus Schizaea—one preferring the most exposed situations, the other nestling under bushes, and both in considerable quantity—looking so very tropical ..."

4. An Introduction to the Study of Cryptogamous Plants: In Letters by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1807)
"... Acrost. barbatum L. an Osmunda; Acrost. pecti- natum, dichotomum and spicatum, of the same author, belong to the genus Schizaea. ..."

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