Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
4.4.1 Compound lamina form
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Bipinnate or higher, two or more orders of leaflets arranged in pinnate form.
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Dichotomous, the leaf repeatedly divided into two approximately equal leaflets.
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Palmate, several leaflets attached at the same point like the fingers to the hand.
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Pinnate, a single series of leaflets attached along both sides of a midrib or rachis like the elements of a bird's feather.
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