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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Dennstaedtiaceae Lotsy

DENNSTAEDTIACEAE

Sori terminal on veinlets; indusium cup-shaped or 2-lipped, lower lip sts lacking. Sporangia graduate or mixed; annulus oblique to nearly vertical; spores tetrahedral. Rhizome creeping, solenostelic, bearing hairs but not paleae; stipes not articulated to rhizome; vascular strand about U-shaped. Lamina compound; much dissected. Prothallus cordate. About 10 genera of wide distribution.

Key

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Sori protected by modified seg. of lamina and by delicate indusium attached to lamina at base
1. LEPTOLEPIA
Sori protected by modified seg. of lamina or quite unprotected; no true indusium
2. HYPOLEPIS
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