Onychium (Noun)
Meaning
Small terrestrial ferns of Old World tropics and subtropics: clawed ferns; sometimes placed in family Cryptogrammataceae.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Onychium aureum is a plant species in the family Onychiaceae native to the Himalayas and southwestern China.
- Onychium japonicum, also known as the clawed fern or Japanese clawed fern, is a species of small fern in the family Onychiaceae.
- Some sources place the genus Onychium in the family Cryptogrammataceae.
- Onychium is a genus of small terrestrial ferns of the Old World tropics and subtropics.
- Onychium consists of about 7-10 species of ferns, the majority of which are found in Asia.