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Definition of Campyloneurum
1. Noun. Epiphytic ferns of tropical America.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Polypodiaceae, Polypodiaceae
Member holonyms: Strap Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Campyloneurum
Literary usage of Campyloneurum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1864)
"Metten. Polyp.p. 84 (veins sunk, obscure). Campyloneurum ... Campyloneurum latum,
Moore, Ind. Fil. p. 25, noie. C. nitidum, /. Sm. Cat. of Cull. ..."
2. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1861)
"Bras. p. 19, t. 28. A large form resembling somewhat the former, but inhabiting
the ground. POLYPODIUM (Campyloneurum) REPENS, Swartz; Metten; Fil. Lips. p. ..."
3. Flora of the southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"Campyloneurum, Presi.— Fern» parallel, pinnate from the midrib: veinlets reticulated,
forming a series of parallel angular arcs with short veinlets ..."