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Definition of Todea
1. Noun. A genus of delicate ferns belonging to the family Osmundaceae.
Group relationships: Family Osmundaceae, Osmundaceae
Member holonyms: Crepe Fern, King Fern, Todea Barbara
Generic synonyms: Fern Genus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Todea
Literary usage of Todea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"todea. Amongst the Osmundaceae some species of the genus todea—T. pellucida, T.
superba, and their allies which form the section ..."
2. The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits by Robert Hogg (1870)
"The species now under notice is, no doubt, closely allied to todea Fraseri ; but
is of larger growth, with an arborescent habit, while the lower pinnae are ..."
3. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe, Alexander Francis Lydon, Benjamin Fawcett (1867)
"It will be seen that I have united under todea ... barbarum of Linnaeus, and
todea rivularis of Sieber. A warm greenhouse species. Native of South Africa, ..."
4. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"It will be seen that I have united under todea Africana the two Ferns known as
Acrostichum barbarum of Linnaeus, and todea rivularis of Sieher. ..."
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