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Salviniaceae

plant family
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  • tree fern
    fern
    / Annotated classification

    Salviniaceae (floating ferns) Plants heterosporous; stems usually relatively short, mostly appearing dichotomously branched, sometimes lacking roots; leaves either alternate and 2-lobed with 1 lobe green and floating and the other submerged and white or translucent (Azolla) or in whorls of 3 with 2 leaves unlobed…

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    Salviniaceae (floating ferns) Plants heterosporous; stems usually relatively short, mostly appearing dichotomously branched, sometimes lacking roots; leaves either alternate and 2-lobed with 1 lobe green and floating and the other submerged and white or translucent (Azolla) or in whorls of 3 with 2 leaves unlobed…

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