Acrostichum aureum


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Noun1.Acrostichum aureum - stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersidesAcrostichum aureum - stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
Acrostichum, genus Acrostichum - in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
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Photoperiodic control of spore germination of Acrostichum aureum. American Fern Journal, 65, 94-95.
In vitro studies of the life cycle of Acrostichum aureum L.
Ultrastructural changes in gametophytes of Acrostichum aureum L.
The associate vegetation is composed by "aguacatillos" (Persea sp.), "bejucos lecheros" (Rhabdadenia biflora), "helechos cola de gallo" (Acrostichum aureum), "malvaceas" (Hibiscus tiliaceus), "manzanos de playa" (Hipopomane mancinella), "clemones" (Thespesia populnea) and "arbustos espinosos" (Caesalpinea sp.).
were burned followed by oral administration of the ashes; the leaves of Acrostichum aureum L.
Soil salinity, sun exposure and growth of Acrostichum aureum, the mangrove fern.