thyrsopteris

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Noun1.thyrsopteris - a terrestrial tree fern of South Americathyrsopteris - a terrestrial tree fern of South America
Thyrsopteris elegans
tree fern - any of numerous usually tropical ferns having a thick woody stem or caudex and a crown of large fronds; found especially in Australia and New Zealand; chiefly of the families Cyatheaceae and Marattiaceae but some from Polypodiaceae
genus Thyrsopteris - one species
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cons.--Type: Thyrsopteris Kunze, 1835.--Validated by a description in Latin.
Index nominum familiarum plantarum vascularium
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