Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition

3.4 Rhizome phyllopodia


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Rhizome bearing phyllopodia, short blunt projecting branches that each bear one leaf and which remains on the rhizome after the leaf falls. No leaves arising directly from the main rhizome.
Rhizome without phyllopodia, leaves attached directly to the rhizome.
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