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Aspleniaceae Newman

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Aspleniaceae Newman, Hist. Brit. Ferns 6 (1840)
Aspleniaceae Newman

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Indigenous
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New Zealand
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Newman
Newman
1840
6
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Aspleniaceae

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Aspleniaceae

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Aspleniaceae Newman

Sori elongate along veinlets, completely covered when young by indusium, which opens towards costule. Indusium in some genera vestigial to absent. Sporangia long-stalked; spores bilateral, with perispore, smooth to tuberculate or spinulose; annulus vertical, incomplete. Rhizome short, ascending to very shortly creeping, dictyostelic; paleae clathrate, hairs us. present. Fronds tufted; stipes not articulated to rhizome, us. with two vascular strands. Lamina various; veins free or anastomosing without included veinlets. About 10 genera, terrestrial or epiphytic, of wide distribution.

Aspleniaceae Newman

Rhizomes erect to long-creeping, bearing clathrate scales. Fronds entire to 1-5-pinnate. Sporangia borne on abaxial surface of frond, in elongated sori along veins, protected by elongated indusia. Annulus vertical. Homosporous; spores lacking chlorophyll.

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Aspleniaceae Newman
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Aspleniaceae
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 July 2017
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