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Giant fern (Marattia)
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Marattia

plant genus
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  • tree fern
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    Christensenia, Danaea, Eupodium, Marattia, and Ptisana) with about 150 species, widely distributed in tropical regions. Subclass Polypodiidae (leptosporangiate ferns) Order Osmundales Family Osmundaceae

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    Christensenia, Danaea, Eupodium, Marattia, and Ptisana) with about 150 species, widely distributed in tropical regions. Subclass Polypodiidae (leptosporangiate ferns) Order Osmundales Family Osmundaceae

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  • Giant fern (Marattia)
    Marattiaceae

    Marattia, Ptisana, and Eupodium (the latter two having been formerly placed in Marattia) have the sporangia united in clusters called synangia, which are paired along each side of certain leaf veins and open toward the leaflet axis in this genus. Danaea has single synangia, sometimes…

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    Marattia, Ptisana, and Eupodium (the latter two having been formerly placed in Marattia) have the sporangia united in clusters called synangia, which are paired along each side of certain leaf veins and open toward the leaflet axis in this genus. Danaea has single synangia, sometimes…

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