Definitions for lygodium
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1. Lygodium, genus Lygodiumnoun

   chiefly tropical climbing ferns

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1. Lygodium

   Lygodium (climbing fern) is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America. It is the sole genus in the family Lygodiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I). Alternatively, the genus may be placed as the only genus in the subfamily Lygodioideae of a more broadly defined family Schizaeaceae, the family placement used in Plants of the World Online as of November 2019.

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1. lygodium

   Lygodium is a genus of ferns that belong to the family Lygodiaceae. They are commonly known as climbing ferns because of their unique growth habit - they send out long climbing or twisting fronds that can reach high into the surrounding vegetation. While other ferns also display climbing or creeping habits, Lygodium is particularly noted for this characteristic. They are native to tropical regions but have become invasive in some parts of the world like North America and Australia.

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1. Lygodiumnoun

   a genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs

2. Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. flexible; a willow twig + e'i^dos form.]

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1. Lygodium

   Lygodium is a genus of about 40 species of ferns, native to tropical regions across the world, with a few temperate species in eastern Asia and eastern North America. It is the sole genus in the family Lygodiaceae, though included in the family Schizaeaceae by some botanists. They are unusual in that the rachis, or midrib, of the frond is thin, flexible, and long, the frond unrolling with indeterminate growth and the rachis twining around supports, so that each frond forms a distinct vine. The fronds may be from 3-12 m long, depending on the species. Some Lygodium species are now considered a very problematic invasive weeds in the southeastern United States. Populations of Lygodium have increased more than 12-fold over the past decade--as can be seen on IFAS's SRFer Mapserver. Japanese climbing fern was added to the Florida Noxious Weed List in 1999. It is also a major problem in pine plantations, causing contamination and harvesting problems for the pine straw industry. Old World climbing fern infests cypress swamps and other hydric sites, forming a monoculture. This massive infestation displaces all native flora and fauna, completely changing the ecosystem of the area.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lygodium in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lygodium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lygodium
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygodium
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lygodium
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lygodium