Lexic.us

Definition of Selaginella lepidophylla

1. Noun. Densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selaginella Lepidophylla

Literary usage of Selaginella lepidophylla

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

1. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"The so-called resurrection plant, selaginella lepidophylla, lives in the very arid sections of the southwestern United States, and during drought reduces ..."

2. Our Native Ferns and Their Allies: With Synoptical Descriptions of the by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1888)
"... uncinata. vestita, var. tenuifolia.t selaginella lepidophylla. AUSTRAL. (Species marked * are found in our region only in Florida.) Acrostichum aureum. ..."

3. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"We see them, for example, in the folding of vegetative parts of the so-called Resurrection Plant of California (selaginella lepidophylla), ..."

4. Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis by Academy of Science of St. Louis (1860)
"Dr. Engelmann designated it as selaginella lepidophylla, a well-known cryptogamous plant, found abundantly in southwestern Texas, ..."

5. The American Botanist: A Monthly Journal for the Plant Lover edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1907)
"... fair the writer came upon a \endor of the "rose of Jericho" which was nothing else than our well-known "resurrection fern (selaginella lepidophylla). ..."

6. General Physiology: An Outline of the Science of Life by Max Verworn (1899)
"... (selaginella lepidophylla), which of late have frequently come to Europe from the American deserts, are characteristic objects for the observation of ..."

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