Pteridophyta: Polypodiales
Woodsiaceae
- Lady ferns and brittle ferns
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Pteridophyta Flora Zambesiaca
Description of the family
Terrestrial or epilithic ferns. Rhizome creeping or suberect to erect. Fronds monomorphic, approximate or tufted. Stipe and rhachis adaxially grooved, stipe with 2 strap-shaped vascular bundles merging upward into a single U- or V-shaped bundle. Lamina pinnately compound, basiscopically developed or not; veins free or anastomosing. Sori superficial, circular to elongate, linear or J-shaped, borne on the veins, with or without an indusium, homosporus. Worldwide: Near cosmopolitan distribution, 15 genera and c. 700 species worldwide. Malawi: 3 genera and 5 taxa. |
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Family page: Woodsiaceae. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=236, retrieved 28 January 2023
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