Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Leptolepia Mett. ex Prantl

LEPTOLEPIA Mett., 1882

Sori near apex of segs; indusium free above, upper margin toothed; sporangia globose, stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical; spores tetrahedral, finely tuberculate. Rhizome far-creeping, slender, solenostelic, clad in dark brown to ferruginous hairs. Lamina finely dissected, veins free. The N.Z. sp., or a closely allied one, occurs in Queensland and New Guinea.

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