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Definition of Genus Oleandra
1. Noun. Or family Polypodiaceae: tropical epiphytic or terrestrial ferns.
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Family Oleandraceae, Oleandraceae
Member holonyms: Oleander Fern, Oleandra Mollis, Oleandra Neriiformis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oleandra
Literary usage of Genus Oleandra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Botanical Society by Botanical Society of Edinburgh (1850)
"THE genus Oleandra of Cavanilles, adopted by Presl and now generally received
for a section of the old genus Aspidium, is one of the most natural in habit ..."
2. Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of by University of Iowa, State University of Iowa (1896)
"Fourn., Sertum Nic., p. 259, from Chontales (as D.sinuosa Desv.); Hemsl., Biol.
Cent. Am., vol. 1n, p. 641, from Chontales. Genus OLEANDRA Cav. 1. ..."
3. Botanisches Zentralblatt by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1907)
"The genus Oleandra. (Fern Bull. XIV. p. 106. frontis.) [Notes on the genus Oleandra.
O. Wallichii is figured. — Maxon.] Clute, WN 1906. Rare forms of ferns. ..."