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Definition of Dicranopteris

1. Noun. Terrestrial ferns of forest margin or open ground; pantropical.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dicranopteris

Literary usage of Dicranopteris

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 (1911)
"If it be granted that these forms are comparable with the modern species of Gleichenia or Dicranopteris, then they show similar irregularities in the ..."

2. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia by William Morris Fontaine (1883)
"Dicranopteris, spec. ? Flute XXX, Fig. 6. Only a fragment of this plant was found, showing rather remotely placed and forking nerves, going off obliquely ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"Fibers derived from the vascular bundles alone are obtained from the leaf-stalks of a common fern, Dicranopteris linearis. After the long bundles are split ..."

4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... because used for a genus of flowers, must give way to Dicranopteris if they are separated and placed in a distinct genus, where they probably belong. ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The species after the third are often catalogued under Mertensia, a name which, because used for a genus of flowers, must give way to Dicranopteris if they ..."

6. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1906)
"MINDANAO, Prov. of Surigao. Bolster 337. Java. GLEICHENIA 8m. Gleichenia dolosa Copel, nom. nov. (Dicranopteris dolosa ..."

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