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Definition of Genus Leptopteris
1. Noun. Including some ferns sometimes placed in genus Todea.
Group relationships: Family Osmundaceae, Osmundaceae
Member holonyms: Crape Fern, Leptopteris Superba, Prince-of-wales Feather, Prince-of-wales Fern, Prince-of-wales Plume, Todea Superba
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Leptopteris
Literary usage of Genus Leptopteris
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)
"There is a difference of texture of the leaves which has given the basis for the
recognition of the third genus, Leptopteris: while Osmunda and Todea ..."
2. A Century of Ferns: Being Figures with Brief Descriptions of One Hundred New ...by William Jackson Hooker by William Jackson Hooker (1854)
"The three we think are well separated from Todea, and Presl has determined the
character of lus genus Leptopteris in his Suppl. Tent. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... although frequently united with Todea, more properly form a distinct genus
Leptopteris, differing widely in habit from the original Todea; ..."
4. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1871)
"Jahrg., S.) das Sub- genus Leptopteris. Inwieweit sie verschieden ist, können
erst weitere Untersuchungen lehren. Die gefiederten und auf gleiche Weise ..."
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