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Definition of Polypodium aureum
1. Noun. Tropical American fern with brown scaly rhizomes cultivated for its large deeply lobed deep bluish-green fronds; sometimes placed in genus Polypodium.
Generic synonyms: Fern
Group relationships: Genus Phlebodium, Phlebodium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypodium Aureum
Literary usage of Polypodium aureum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ferns: British and Exoticby Edward Joseph Lowe by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"The present Fern is much less common than Polypodium aureum, and, in my opinion,
a more beautiful species. The pinna? are also narrower, and more distant ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1896)
"31. 2. Polypodium vulgare. 32. 3. Polypodium falcatum. 33. 4. Polypodium Californicum.
34. 5. Polypodium pectinatum. 35. 6. Polypodium aureum. 36. 7. ..."
3. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1897)
"Polypodium aureum L. Sp. PI. 2 : 1087. 1753. Sierra Madre, west of Bolanos,
Jalisco, September 15 to 17 (No. 2968). Small plant», scarcely, or very slightly ..."