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Definition of Genus Dryopteris
1. Noun. Large widespread genus of medium-sized terrestrial ferns; in some classification systems placed in Polypodiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Athyriaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Family Athyriaceae, Family Dryopteridaceae
Member holonyms: Broad Buckler-fern, Dryopteris Dilatata, Wood Fern, Wood-fern, Woodfern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dryopteris
Literary usage of Genus Dryopteris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1907)
"... in a single genus, Dryopteris. This would unite (in our flora) the genera
Phegopteris, ... with the wood-ferns of the genus Dryopteris. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences (1900)
"Further time was asked and granted for communication with Mr. Fernald of the Gray
Herbarium with regard to his terms. The genus Dryopteris was then taken up ..."
3. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1907)
"Some time ago Mr. Elmer D. Merrill, Botanist of the Bureau of Science, Manila,
sent me all the Philippine material of the genus Dryopteris from the ..."
4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1896)
"... while Kuntze first combined that name with the accepted genus Dryopteris.
Ru1.E 1o. In determining the name of a genus or species to which two or more ..."
5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"A fourth genus. Dryopteris, Grote (1862), is unrepresented in Europe, and falls
into a distinct section of the sub-family, differing more strongly from any ..."
6. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1911)
"The genus Dryopteris has upwards of four hundred existing species of wide
geographical distribution and consequent difference in size, form, and habit. ..."
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