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Pteridaceae

Alternative names: Not Applicable

Description:
Terrestrial ferns with a creeping or short erect rhizome; stipes not articulated to the rhizome; lamina pinnate to decompound, herbaceous to coriaceous; veins free or anastomosing; sori linear, submarginal, intramarginal or rarely superficial, borne on a continuous vascular commissure connecting the vein endings; indusium false, formed by the reflexed often scarious leaf-margin.

Distribution:  2 genera in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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