Click for help
Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Schizaea Sm.

SCHIZAEA J. E. Smith, 1793

Sporangia sessile in two rows on final, us. approximate, segs of lamina; spores bilateral. Rhizome short, stout, emitting clusters of slender erect fronds with narrow laminae at apex of stipes or its branches. Genus widespread, of about 30 spp.

Key

1
Stipes simple, smooth or nearly so
1. fistulosa
Stipes once to several times forked
2
2
Stipes smooth or nearly so; branches us. 10 or more flabellately arranged
3. dichotoma
Stipes distinctly scabrid; once to three times forked; branches not flabellately arranged
2. bifida
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top