Australian Tropical Ferns and Lycophytes - Online edition
5.3.5 Sorus shape
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Sori very large and spreading widely over the under (abaxial) surface of the leaf (acrostichoid sorus).
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Sori linear (long and narrow).
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Sori round to reniform (kidney-shaped).
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