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Acrostichum
fern genus
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Pteridaceae
- In Pteridaceae: Ceratopteridoid clade
Acrostichum consists of three species of large leathery-leaved ferns adapted to brackish and saline swamps in tropical coastal areas worldwide. Ceratopteris also contains three species, which occur in tropical and warm temperate regions and are floating aquatics. They have been used as aquarium and pond…
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sori characteristics
- In fern: The sorus
…or pinna is represented by Acrostichum. Such sori probably arose by the fusion of smaller clusters of sori. Of the many arrangements of indusiate sori (i.e., sori that are protected by indusia, or special scalelike structures), two of the most widespread are (5) a linear or oblong sorus along a…
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