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.
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Rhizome without phyllopodia, leaves attached directly to the rhizome.
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