Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
4.5.5 Pinna or pinnule apex/attenuate, caudate, mucronate
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Attenuate, caudate, mucronate: narrowing gradually to narrowing into a tail, or terminating in a short stout projection.
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