Definition of Osmundaceae

1. Noun. Large family of ferns widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Osmundaceae

Osman I
Osmanli
Osmanlis
Osmanthus
Osmanthus americanus
Osmeridae
Osmerus
Osmerus eperlanus
Osmerus mordax
Osmitrol
Osmond
Osmund
Osmunda cinnamonea
Osmunda clatonia
Osmunda regalis
Osmundaceae (current term)
Osmussaar
Osrhoene
Osroene
Osrohene
Ossete
Ossetes
Ossetia
Ossetian
Ossetians
Ossetic
Ossian
Ossianic
Ostariophysi
Osteichthyes

Literary usage of Osmundaceae

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

1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"Osmundaceae. THE Osmundaceae are represented by the living genera Osmunda and Todea, while certain species of the latter are sometimes separated under the ..."

2. The Study of the Biology of Ferns by the Collodion Method: For Advanced and by George Francis Atkinson (1894)
"In the Schizaeaceae and Osmundaceae, the annulus being situated transversely to the line of attachment of the sporangium with the leaf, both halves of ..."

3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"Order G. Osmundaceae. The shortly-stalked sporangia have a rudimentary annulus consisting of a group of cells (Fig. 201 li r) just below the apex ..."

4. The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns (Archegoniatae). by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1905)
"The Osmundaceae are generally recognised as approaching most nearly the ... They come nearest the Gleicheniaceae and Osmundaceae in the structure of the ..."

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