Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
3.5 Rhizome stolons
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Rhizome without stolons.
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Rhizome bearing stolons, lateral branches that grow across the surface of the ground, and develop vegetative buds as a means of producing new plants (vegetative reproduction).
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