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Definition of Genus Nephrolepis
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical ferns; sometimes placed in Polypodiaceae.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleandraceae, Oleandraceae
Member holonyms: Sword Fern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nephrolepis
Literary usage of Genus Nephrolepis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippine Journal of Science by Institute of Science and Technology (Philippines) (1907)
"... and still more by its conspicuous morphological isolation, and by the diversity
of its fructification, to be a very ancient genus. Nephrolepis oculi ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1916)
"... Cornell University, Ithaca, NY FERNS of the genus Nephrolepis (of which the
popular Boston fern is the best-known representative) can be divided in two ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1879)
"Other recent introductions which bear out the same idea of insular variation
occur in the genus Nephrolepis, of which N. daval- ..."
4. Species Filicum: Being Descriptions of the Known Ferns, Particularly of Such by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1862)
"... Blume, from Celebes, are quite uniform wilh those of Millett and Thos.
Lobb from Java. Of the genus Nephrolepis, I have no authentic knowledge of N. ..."
5. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of by University of Iowa, State University of Iowa (1896)
"Genus NEPHROLEPIS Schott. 1. N. CORDIFOLIA (Z.) Presl. Hook. and Bak., Syn.
Fil., p. 300; Hems]., Biol. Cent. Am., vol. in, p. 652; Bak., Jour. ..."
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