Pteridophyta: Polypodiales
Lindsaeaceae
- Screw ferns
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the family
Terrestrial or epiphytic ferns. Rhizome short creeping, often with hair-like scales. Stipe not articulate, with 2 C-shaped vascular bundles back to back. Fronds numerous, monomorphic, pinnate to 2-pinnate. Stipe and rhachis adaxially with a longitudinal groove. Lamina surfaces glabrous or with hairs similar to those occuring on the rhizome; venation free or anastomosing, without included veinlets. Sori marginal or submarginal, linear or oblong, indusium opening towards the margin, homosporous. Worldwide: 8 genera, c. 200 species, pantropical distribution. Zimbabwe: 1 genus and 2 taxa. |
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Lindsaeaceae. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=121, retrieved 12 November 2024
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