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Forking Fern Family

Gleicheniaceae

Description

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Terrestrial or lithophytic ferns. Rhizome thin, widely creeping, branched, apex with fringed scales or branched hairs. Fronds widely spaced, arranged in 1 row, scandent, with indeterminate growth. Lamina variously compound, pseudo- dichotomously branched with a dormant apical bud between the pairs of pinnae, herbaceous to coriaceous. Veins free, forked. Indumentum composed of stellate and branched hairs and fimbriate bracts confined to the rhizome and frond axes. Sori circular, superficial or immersed, on acroscopic vein branches, without indusia.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Gleicheniaceae Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=94
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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