Definition of Genus woodwardia

1. Noun. In some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae: chain ferns.

Exact synonyms: Woodwardia
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Group relationships: Blechnaceae, Family Blechnaceae
Member holonyms: Chain Fern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Woodwardia

genus Viverricula
genus Volvaria
genus Volvariella
genus Volvox
genus Vorticella
genus Vulpes
genus Vultur
genus Weigela
genus Welwitchia
genus Welwitschia
genus Wintera
genus Wisteria
genus Wolffia
genus Wolffiella
genus Woodsia
genus Woodwardia
genus Wyethia
genus Wynnea
genus Xanthium
genus Xanthomonas
genus Xanthorroea
genus Xanthosoma
genus Xenicus
genus Xenopus
genus Xenorhyncus
genus Xenosaurus
genus Xeranthemum
genus Xerobates
genus Xerophyllum
genus Xiphias

Literary usage of Genus woodwardia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... equalled by his liberality and zeal in the service of the science ' (R'EES, Cyclop.), and it was in his honour that Smith named the genus Woodwardia. ..."

2. Manual of Geology: Theoretical and Practical by John Phillips (1885)
"... Lower and Middle Eocene, Oligocene, and Miocene in Europe and Britain. The genus Woodwardia, Oligo- cene and Miocene, in Europe and Britain. ..."

3. An Introduction to the Study of Cryptogamous Plants: In Letters by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1807)
"Onoclea nodulosa is mistaken by Michaux for Acrostichum areolatum L., which belongs to the genus Woodwardia; but Os- munda caroliniana is a synonym of it. ..."

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