Arthropteris (Noun)
Meaning
Tropical and subtropical Old World epiphytic or lithophytic ferns.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Arthropteris tenella is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar, a small epiphytic or lithophytic fern often found growing on tree trunks and branches.
- Arthropteris orientalis is a species of epiphytic or lithophytic fern, an economically significant plant throughout the tropics and subtropics of Africa, Asia and Australia.
- Tropical rainforests and subtropical humid forests often support populations of various Arthropteris species.
- Botanical experts have identified over a dozen Arthropteris species with most originating in tropical regions of the Old World like the tropical rainforests and islands of the Pacific.
- Arthropteris tenella contains multiple alkaloids researched extensively recently, among those plants utilized for medical analysis purposes in that common Old World tropical rainforest plant.