Tectaria

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Tectaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tectariaceae – the halberd ferns.
2. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Littorinidae – univalves with a turbinate or conic shell, now Tectarius.

References

• “Tectaria”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

ferns

• Tectaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tectaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tectaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tectaria at Tropicos
• Tectaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Tectaria at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Tectaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Tectaria at World Register of Marine Species
• Tectaria at USDA Plants database

univalves

• Tectarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Littorininae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tectarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons