Definition of Genus Leptopteris

1. Noun. Including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Leptopteris

genus Lepas
genus Lepechinia
genus Lepidium
genus Lepidobotrys
genus Lepidochelys
genus Lepidocybium
genus Lepidothamnus
genus Lepiota
genus Lepisma
genus Lepisosteus
genus Lepomis
genus Leptarrhena
genus Leptinotarsa
genus Leptodactylus
genus Leptoglossus
genus Leptopteris (current term)
genus Leptoptilus
genus Leptospira
genus Leptotyphlops
genus Lepus
genus Lespedeza
genus Lesquerella
genus Leucadendron
genus Leucaena
genus Leucanthemum
genus Leuciscus
genus Leucocytozoan
genus Leucocytozoon
genus Leucogenes
genus Leucothoe

Literary usage of Genus Leptopteris

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)
"There is a difference of texture of the leaves which has given the basis for the recognition of the third genus, Leptopteris: while Osmunda and Todea ..."

2. A Century of Ferns: Being Figures with Brief Descriptions of One Hundred New ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1854)
"The three we think are well separated from Todea, and Presl has determined the character of lus genus Leptopteris in his Suppl. Tent. ..."

3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... although frequently united with Todea, more properly form a distinct genus Leptopteris, differing widely in habit from the original Todea; ..."

4. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1871)
"Jahrg., S.) das Sub- genus Leptopteris. Inwieweit sie verschieden ist, können erst weitere Untersuchungen lehren. Die gefiederten und auf gleiche Weise ..."

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