Definition of Gymnocarpium

1. Noun. Oak ferns: in some classification systems included in genus Thelypteris.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Gymnocarpium

Gwyn
Gwynedd
Gwynn
Gy
Gyandzhe
Gyanja
Gymnadenia
Gymnadenia conopsea
Gymnadenia odoratissima
Gymnadeniopsis
Gymnamoebida
Gymnelis
Gymnelis viridis
Gymnocalycium
Gymnocarpium (current term)
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Gymnocarpium robertianum
Gymnocladus dioica
Gymnogyps
Gymnogyps californianus
Gymnomycota
Gymnopaedia
Gymnopilus
Gymnopilus spectabilis
Gymnopilus validipes
Gymnopilus ventricosus
Gymnorhina
Gymnorhina tibicen

Literary usage of Gymnocarpium

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

1. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"Gymnocarpium Phegopteris, Newm. Phyt. iv. 371, App. xxiii. ... The ferns for which I propose the generic name of Gymnocarpium, form a small, but, ..."

2. EcoRegions of Alaska by Alisa L. Gallant (1998)
"Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Athyrium filix-femina, and Tiarella trifoliata occur in Sitka spruce stands; Calamagrostis canadensis and Equisetum spp. occur with ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... the females nine sterile stamens, a one-celled ovary, and a short style. The fruit is succulent, on a thickened flower-stalk. [MTM] Gymnocarpium ..."

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