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Definition of Hymenophyllum
1. Noun. Type genus of the Hymenophyllaceae: filmy ferns.
Group relationships: Family Hymenophyllaceae, Hymenophyllaceae
Member holonyms: Film Fern, Filmy Fern
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenophyllum
Literary usage of Hymenophyllum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Natural History of New and Rare Ferns: Containing Species and Varieties by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"Hymenophyllum—Membrane-leaved. Flexuosum—Ben ding. A BEAUTIFULLY crisped and
undulated Fern from New- Zealand, ..."
2. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The leafy parts of the fronds are merely winged veins, and the wings consist of
two layers of cellular tissue finely reticulated. The Hymenophyllum is ..."
3. Notes on the Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of by Robert Oliver Cunningham (1871)
"The stems of the trees were everywhere covered with a profusion of lichens,
mosses, and ferns—species of Hymenophyllum, such as H. ..."
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