Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
4.1.4 Lamina form
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Lamina simple and deeply lobed, the lobes being longer than twice the width of the lamina between the lobes.
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Frond reduced to a small scale.
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Frond lamina compound, divided into two or more pinnae (leaflets).
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Lamina simple and not deeply lobed, but may be shallowly lobed.
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