Lexic.us

Definition of Onoclea struthiopteris

1. Noun. Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onoclea Struthiopteris

Literary usage of Onoclea struthiopteris

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

1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"This happened in the cases of Onoclea struthiopteris J and Selaginella mentioned ... Experimental Proof in Onoclea struthiopteris. The mature sporophylls of ..."

2. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"The author has followed the process in Onoclea struthiopteris, and his observations confirm those of Shaw, who has traced the behavior of the sexual nuclei ..."

3. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1896)
"However, on July 14, after observing the result which was attending the experiment with Onoclea sensibilis, I determined to try the Onoclea struthiopteris ..."

4. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"... Fern (Onoclea struthiopteris) (Fig. 89). There may be some degree of regularity in the succession of sterile and fertile leaves, which may be correlated ..."

5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1899)
"Several late visits have resulted in the discovery of many more plants of Onoclea Struthiopteris scattered along several miles of the bases of these bluffs, ..."

6. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1862)
"Sp. PL vp 288. Asa Gray, Man. of Bot. III. p. 590. Osmunda Struthiopteris, Linn. Sp. PI. p. 1522. Onoclea struthiopteris, Sw. Syn. Fil. p. III. Fl. Dan. t. ..."

7. Studies in Natural History by University of Iowa (1899)
"If the species is retained in the genus Onoclea the name would be Onoclea struthiopteris (L.) Hoffm. If placed in a separate genus several possibilities ..."

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