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Lygodiaceae

plant family
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  • tree fern
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    / Annotated classification

    Family Lygodiaceae Rhizomes long-creeping, hairy; leaves indeterminate in growth, climbing and often twining, the primary divisions alternate along the elongating stemlike rachis; sporangia often in 2 rows, densely spaced along specialized slender lobes of the ultimate segments, each sporangium covered by an indusium-like flange of tissue;…

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    Family Lygodiaceae Rhizomes long-creeping, hairy; leaves indeterminate in growth, climbing and often twining, the primary divisions alternate along the elongating stemlike rachis; sporangia often in 2 rows, densely spaced along specialized slender lobes of the ultimate segments, each sporangium covered by an indusium-like flange of tissue;…

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