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Definition of Angiopteris
1. Noun. Highly variable species of very large primitive ferns of the Pacific tropical areas with high rainfall.
Generic synonyms: Tree Fern
Group relationships: Genus Angiopteris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Angiopteris
Literary usage of Angiopteris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"THE EMBRYO OF angiopteris. In angiopteris the embryo very early becomes more
greatly elongated transversely than is the case in ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Eberhard Goebel (1905)
"In angiopteris we fc: separate single sporangia, which are arnr^tc in two rows
... Whether we are to reckon angiopteris at "- end or at the beginning of the ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"ter plant is unknown, but it was probably brought from Borneo. Macroglossum differs
from angiopteris in several important respects. ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"In angiopteris abnormalities were sometimes noted, the most striking being ...
angiopteris alone is provided with a genuine, though rudimentary, annulus, ..."
5. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"angiopteris angustifolia Presi ex ... Faurie, south to the Sunda Islands. 104.
angiopteris caudata ..."