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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Dicksoniaceae M.R.Schomb.

DICKSONIACEAE

Sori marginal, terminal on veinlets, protected by incurved lobes of pinnules and a concavo-convex indusium. Sporangia gradate, annulus conspicuous, oblique; spores tetrahedral. Stock develops into a stout erect or sts prostrate caudex densely clad in hairs or bristles. Fronds large, decompound, veins free. About 4 genera and some 30 spp., mainly tropical.

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