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

DOODIA R. Br., 1810

Sori in one or more rows on each side of costa, oblong, distant to approximate; indusium firm, opening towards costa. Sporangia stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical. Rhizome ascending, paleae harsh, stipites crowded. Lamina us. harsh; veins forked, lower veinlets anastomosing. About 10 spp. of terrestrial ferns of Australia, N.Z., Polynesia, Ceylon, Juan Fernandez, Hawaii.

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Fronds harsh, coriac., up to 60 cm. or more long; fertile laminae similar to sterile
1. media
Fronds softer, submembr., seldom > 35 cm.; fertile laminae with narrow pinnae, barren with broad pinnae
2. caudata
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