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.
Dichotomous, the leaf repeatedly divided into two approximately equal leaflets.
Palmate, several leaflets attached at the same point like the fingers to the hand.
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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