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family Lophosoriaceae

family Lophosoriaceae

9.9
A very small group of tree ferns that grow in some tropical areas
  • noun
  • Specialized
: familia Lophosoriaceae
  • Researchers studied the distribution of the family Lophosoriaceae in South American rainforests.

Examples

  • The family Lophosoriaceae is characterized by a single genus of tree ferns.

  • Members of the family Lophosoriaceae are known for their distinctive fronds.

  • The family Lophosoriaceae consists of unique tree ferns.

  • Are you familiar with the family Lophosoriaceae?

  • Researchers studied the distribution of the family Lophosoriaceae in tropical rainforests.

  • Members of the family Lophosoriaceae are known for their unique tree fern characteristics.

  • The family Lophosoriaceae includes some of the rarest tree ferns found in the tropics.

Synonyms

Lophosoriaceae
vsfamily Lophosoriaceae
  • Specialized
9.9

A very small group of ferns that grow like trees mainly in the Southern Hemisphere

is found in certain tropical regions rather than mainly southern areas

Surface Forms

family Lophosoriaceae singular
families Lophosoriaceae plural

Morphology

family + Lophosoriaceae

The construction 'family Lophosoriaceae' is compositionally transparent: 'family' signals a taxonomic grouping and 'Lophosoriaceae' is the name of that group, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes the named biological family. Although the proper name is specialized and may be unknown in practice, the pattern 'family + name' is cross-linguistically regular and readily interpretable by learners who recognize the name.

Etymology

Family Lophosoriaceae comes from the fern genus Lophosoria, which combines lophos ('crest' or 'tuft') and sori ('spore clusters'). The ending -aceae marks a plant 'family', so the name paints a picture of small tree ferns with tufted groups of spores and thus refers to this small family of tree ferns.