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curly grass fern
plant
Also known as: Schizaea, comb fern
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annotated classification
- In fern: Annotated classification
…thickened cells; 2 genera (Schizaea and Actinostachys) with about 30 species, mostly tropical. 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
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Schizaeaceae
- In Schizaeaceae
The curly grass ferns, or comb ferns, are any of about 30 species in the genus Schizaea. The unusual leaves are grasslike, and the sporangia are only borne on the lobes of distinct fertile fronds. The 16 species of ray ferns of the genus Actinostachys have…
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