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Definition of Oreopteris
1. Noun. 3 species of ferns formerly included in genus Dryopteris or Thelypteris.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Thelypteridaceae, Thelypteridaceae
Member holonyms: Dryopteris Oreopteris, Mountain Fern, Oreopteris Limbosperma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oreopteris
Literary usage of Oreopteris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Ferns: Or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions, with the Needful ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1861)
"ASPIDIUM Oreopteris. Sw. in Schrad. Journ. 1803, r. 2. p. 279 ; Syn. Fil. p. 50.
Willd. Sp. Pl . p. 247. Schk. Fil. p. 37. t. 35, 36. Sm. Engl. I'lr 4. p. ..."
2. A History of British Ferns by Edward Newman (1854)
"40, t. 22. Polystichum montanum, Roth, Flor. Germ. iii. 74. Aspidium
Oreopteris (Swartz), Sm. EF iv. 286, EB 1019; Mack. Fl. Hib. 339 ; Hook. and Am. 569. ..."
3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1852)
"Never was L. Oreopteris seen in such abundance and luxuriance as at this time,
... The favourite habitat of L. Oreopteris appears to be near the banks of ..."
4. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"... Oreopteris} are mixed, so that Bobart may have intended the latter plant,
which I have seen at Wytham ; possibly he may have found both species, ..."
5. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1791)
"... on Poly podium Oreopteris, accompanied with a Specimen from Scotland. ... P.
Oreopteris has a large ..."
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