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Definition of Dennstaedtia
1. Noun. Chiefly terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Dennstaedtiaceae, Family Dennstaedtiaceae
Member holonyms: Boulder Fern, Dennstaedtia Punctilobula, Hay-scented, Hay-scented Fern, Scented Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dennstaedtia
Literary usage of Dennstaedtia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin of a Land Flora: A Theory Based Upon the Facts of Alternation by Frederick Orpen Bower (1908)
"... the axes of dennstaedtia and of Microlepia show the structure now recognised
... all the species of dennstaedtia that have hitherto been examined FtG. ..."
2. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1908)
"... to dennstaedtia (including Microlepia) is very evident and very close.
Its affinity to Dicksonia, is likewise not in question. If we sometime understand ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Now, in the leaf of dennstaedtia punctilobula (Boulder Fern; Hay-scented Fern)
the primary meristem may come from a two-sided initial, or from a group of ..."