Definition of Lophosoria

1. Noun. One species: tree fern of Central and South America.

Exact synonyms: Genus Lophosoria
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Lophosoriaceae, Lophosoriaceae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lophosoria

Loos
Looser's lines
Looser's zones
Lope Felix de Vega Carpio
Lope de Vega
Lophiidae
Lophius
Lophius Americanus
Lophodytes
Lophodytes cucullatus
Lopholatilus
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
Lophophora
Lophophora williamsii
Lophophorus
Lophosoria (current term)
Lophosoriaceae
Lopid
Lopingian
Lopressor
Lora
Lorado Taft
Lorain
Lorain's disease
Lorain-Levi dwarfism
Lorain-Levi infantilism
Lorain-Levi syndrome
Loranthaceae
Loranthus
Loranthus europaeus

Literary usage of Lophosoria

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"... Lophosoria has a dense bloom on the under side of the leaves and is somewhat xerophytic in habit. It haa merely a woody base. ..."

2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1904)
"A species of Lophosoria has a dense bloom on the under side of the leaves and is somewhat xerophytic in habit. It has merely a woody base. ..."

3. Historia filicum: An Exposition of the Nature, Number and Organography of by John Smith (1875)
"OBS. —In some specimens of T. elegans the line of sori is not so complete as in T. excelsa. 134.—Lophosoria, Presl. (1847.) Alsophila, sp., Hook. Sp. Fil. ..."

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