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

CTENITIS Christensen, 1938

Sori dorsal on veins; indusium round-reniform, sts absent, sporangia stalked; annulus incomplete, vertical. Spores bilateral, echinulate. Rhizome short, erect, or creeping, paleate; stipes paleate. Lamina bipinnate to decompound, catadromic; hairs pluricellular, constricted between cells. Terrestrial ferns of about 150 widely distributed spp.

Key

1
Rhizome creeping, fronds distributed; lamina rather pale green; hairs us. Pale
1. decomposita
Rhizome short, forming a stock, fronds tufted; lamina rather dark green; hairs us. reddish
2
2
Lamina surface glabrate, stipes glabrate in upper part
2. glabella
Lamina surface silky-hairy, stipes hairy in upper part
3. velutina
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