Alternative names: Not Applicable

Description:
Rhizome short, erect, or becoming massive (Todea) by development of a thick root-mantle; fronds thick (Todea) or membranous (Leptopteris), bipinnate to pinnately compound, with two stipular expansions at the base of the stipe; sporangia large, thin-walled, not arranged in sori; annulus a small group of subapical cells.

Distribution:  3 genera, about 20 species; cosmopolitan.

Biology: No text

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