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Anemiaceae

plant family
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  • tree fern
    fern
    / Annotated classification

    Family Anemiaceae Rhizomes creeping to erect, hairy; leaves with the basal pair (or, rarely, more) of primary divisions modified, mostly lacking laminar tissue, and densely covered with sporangia; sporangia with the annulus a subapical ring of thickened cells; 1 genus (Anemia) with about 100 species, mostly…

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    Family Anemiaceae Rhizomes creeping to erect, hairy; leaves with the basal pair (or, rarely, more) of primary divisions modified, mostly lacking laminar tissue, and densely covered with sporangia; sporangia with the annulus a subapical ring of thickened cells; 1 genus (Anemia) with about 100 species, mostly…

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