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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Osmundaceae
Todea

Citation: Willd., Abh.Akad. Wiss. Erfurt 1:14 (1802).

Derivation: After H. J. Tode, a German cryptogamic botanist.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Rhizome stout, often becoming large by vegetative budding and development of a large root-mantle; fronds large, thick, erect, bipinnate; sporangia restricted to the lower pinnules of the primary pinnae in the lower part of the frond.

Distribution:  2 species in South Africa, New Guinea and New Zealand; 1 of which occurs in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available

image of FSA1_Todea.jpg
Image source: fig. 17 in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

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