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Campyloneurum

Campyloneurum

9.9
A fern from tropical America with long, attractive leaves that often grows on trees
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Many collectors prize Campyloneurum for its attractive, arching fronds and ability to thrive as an epiphyte.

Examples

  • The botanist discovered a rare Campyloneurum species growing high in the rainforest canopy.

  • I bought a beautiful Campyloneurum for my living room.

  • Some Campyloneurum varieties are cultivated in greenhouses for their ornamental value.

  • The Campyloneurum thrives in humid environments.

  • Many collectors prize Campyloneurum for its attractive, arching fronds and ability to thrive as an epiphyte.

  • Some Campyloneurum varieties are cultivated in greenhouses for their ornamental value.

  • The botanist discovered a rare Campyloneurum species growing high in the rainforest canopy.

Compounds

Campyloneurum augustifolium
  • Specialized
9.9

A fern that grows in the Americas and has shorter, narrower leaves than the Florida strap fern

Surface Forms

Campyloneurum singular
Campyloneurums plural

Etymology

The word Campyloneurum comes from two old Greek parts: campylo- meaning 'curved' and -neurum meaning 'nerve' or 'vein'. So the name fits this fern, because its leaf veins are curved and its fronds often arch.