Definition of Indusia. Meaning of Indusia. Synonyms of Indusia

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Definition of Indusia

Indusia
Indusium In*du"si*um, n.; pl. Indusia (-[.a]). [L., an under garment, fr. induere to put on: cf. F. indusie the covering of the seed spots of ferns.] (Bot.) (a) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower. (b) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet. (c) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.

Meaning of Indusia from wikipedia

- Indusia can refer to: indusia (fern), part of the fern reproductive structures Indusia (insect), a trichopteran larval case morphogenus. This disambiguation...
- during development by a scale or film of tissue called the indusium (pl.: indusia), which forms an umbrella-like cover. Sori occur on the sporophyte generation...
- Sori under the leaf of the fern Rumohra adiantiformis. Some are still covered by their indusia....
- Russia, ****an and Korea. The name silvery comes from the fact that the indusia on the underside of the leaf have a silver color when the sori are close...
- submarginally, and are covered by reflexed flaps of leaf tissue which resemble indusia. Dimorphism between sterile and fertile fronds is generally subtle. They...
- fringed edges. Sori are borne near the midvein of fertile pinnules and lack indusia. The specific epithet khasyana refers to the Khasi Hills of India. Gymnosphaera...
- large and dark with a paler margin. Sori are borne on minor veins and lack indusia. The specific epithet henryi commemorates Irish botanist Augustine Henry...
- are borne near the fertile pinnule midvein. They are protected by small indusia that are cup-like in appearance. Large and Braggins (2004) note that Rolla...
- veining. The underside of each leaflet has sori beneath brown or black indusia. Cyrtomium falcatum is a fairly common outdoor ornamental plant in temperate...
- otherwise highly compound; sporangia mostly born in marginal sori with false indusia that are +/- continuous around the leaf margins; several genera, including:...