Character Notes Index

• 1. Geographic area
• 1. Geographic area/CYP
• 1. Geographic area/NEQ
• 1. Geographic area/NT
• 1. Geographic area/WA

• 2.1 Plant habit
• 2.1 Plant habit/aquatic
• 2.1 Plant habit/epiphytic or epilithic
• 2.1 Plant habit/terrestrial
• 2.2 Terrestrial
• 2.2 Terrestrial/climbing
• 2.2 Terrestrial/free standing
• 2.2 Terrestrial/scrambling
• 2.3 Epiphytic or epilithic form (basket)
• 2.3 Epiphytic or epilithic form (basket)/forming a nest or basket
• 2.3 Epiphytic or epilithic form (basket)/not forming a nest or basket
• 2.4 Epiphytic or epilithic form (pendulous)
• 2.4 Epiphytic or epilithic form (pendulous)/not pendulous
• 2.4 Epiphytic or epilithic form (pendulous)/pendulous
• 2.5 Aquatic attachment
• 2.5 Aquatic attachment/free floating
• 2.5 Aquatic attachment/rooted in substrate

• 3. Rhizome
• 3.1 Rhizome form
• 3.1 Rhizome form/erect
• 3.1 Rhizome form/long creeping
• 3.1 Rhizome form/short to medium creeping
• 3.2 Erect rhizome
• 3.2 Erect rhizome/not trunk like
• 3.2 Erect rhizome/trunk like
• 3.3 Long creeping rhizome cross section
• 3.3 Long creeping rhizome cross section/dorsiventrally flattened
• 3.3 Long creeping rhizome cross section/not dorsiventrally flattened
• 3.4 Rhizome phyllopodia
• 3.4 Rhizome phyllopodia/with phyllopodia
• 3.4 Rhizome phyllopodia/without phyllopodia
• 3.5 Rhizome stolons
• 3.5 Rhizome stolons/not stoloniferous
• 3.5 Rhizome stolons/stoloniferous

• 4. Frond
• 4.1.1 Frond climbing
• 4.1.1 Frond climbing/climbing
• 4.1.1 Frond climbing/not climbing
• 4.1.2 Frond dimorphism
• 4.1.2 Frond dimorphism/dimorphic
• 4.1.3 Frond to rhizome articulation
• 4.1.3 Frond to rhizome articulation/abscising from rhizome
• 4.1.3 Frond to rhizome articulation/persistent rhizome
• 4.1.4 Lamina form
• 4.1.4 Lamina form/lamina compound
• 4.1.4 Lamina form/lamina scale-like
• 4.1.4 Lamina form/lamina simple and deeply lobed
• 4.1.4 Lamina form/lamina simple and unlobed to shallowly lobed
• 4.2.1 Simple lamina shape
• 4.2.1 Simple lamina shape/lanceolate to obovate
• 4.2.1 Simple lamina shape/linear
• 4.2.1 Simple lamina shape/round, fan-shaped to rectangular
• 4.2.2 Simple lamina margin
• 4.2.2 Simple lamina margin/crenate or toothed
• 4.2.2 Simple lamina margin/entire
• 4.2.2 Simple lamina margin/shallowly lobed
• 4.2.3 Simple lamina apex
• 4.2.3 Simple lamina apex/acute to acuminate
• 4.2.3 Simple lamina apex/attenuate, caudate to mucronate
• 4.2.3 Simple lamina apex/blunt, obtuse to truncate
• 4.2.3 Simple lamina apex/notched
• 4.2.4 Simple lamina base
• 4.2.4 Simple lamina base/acute, attenuate to cuneate
• 4.2.4 Simple lamina base/obtuse, cordate to hastate
• 4.2.4 Simple lamina base/sheathing
• 4.3.1 Lobation form
• 4.3.1 Lobation form/bipinnatifid or of higher division
• 4.3.1 Lobation form/dichotomous
• 4.3.1 Lobation form/palmatifid
• 4.3.1 Lobation form/pinnatifid
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form/bipinnate or higher
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form/dichotomous
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form/filamentous dissection
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form/palmate
• 4.4.1 Compound lamina form/pinnate
• 4.5 Compound lamina ultimate pinnae or pinnules
• 4.5.1 Number of pairs of pinnae/lobes
• 4.5.2 Pinna or pinnule form
• 4.5.2 Pinna or pinnule form/pinnate
• 4.5.2 Pinna or pinnule form/pinnatifid
• 4.5.2 Pinna or pinnule form/simple
• 4.5.3 Pinna or pinnule shape
• 4.5.3 Pinna or pinnule shape/lanceolate to ovate-elliptic
• 4.5.3 Pinna or pinnule shape/linear
• 4.5.3 Pinna or pinnule shape/round, fan-shaped to rectangular
• 4.5.4 Pinna or pinnule margin
• 4.5.4 Pinna or pinnule margin/crenate
• 4.5.4 Pinna or pinnule margin/entire
• 4.5.4 Pinna or pinnule margin/lobed
• 4.5.4 Pinna or pinnule margin/toothed
• 4.5.5 Pinna or pinnule apex
• 4.5.5 Pinna or pinnule apex/acute to acuminate
• 4.5.5 Pinna or pinnule apex/attenuate, caudate, mucronate
• 4.5.5 Pinna or pinnule apex/blunt, obtuse to truncate
• 4.5.6 Pinna or pinnule base
• 4.5.6 Pinna or pinnule base/acute, attenuate to cuneate
• 4.5.6 Pinna or pinnule base/decurrent
• 4.5.6 Pinna or pinnule base/oblique or asymmetric
• 4.5.6 Pinna or pinnule base/obtuse, cordate to hastate
• 4.5.7 Basal reflexion of pinna or lobes
• 4.5.7 Basal reflexion of pinna or lobes/not reflexed
• 4.5.7 Basal reflexion of pinna or lobes/reflexed
• 4.5.8 Pinna or pinnule base auricle
• 4.5.8 Pinna or pinnule base auricle/absent
• 4.5.8 Pinna or pinnule base auricle/acroscopic
• 4.5.8 Pinna or pinnule base auricle/basiscopic
• 4.6.1 Apex form
• 4.6.1 Apex form/gradual reduction
• 4.6.1 Apex form/single
• 4.6.2 Base form
• 4.6.2 Base form/gradually reduced
• 4.6.2 Base form/longer than medians
• 4.6.2 Base form/reduced to auricles
• 4.6.2 Base form/similar size to medians
• 4.6.2 Base form/slight reduction
• 4.7.1 Abaxial surface colour
• 4.7.1 Abaxial surface colour/glaucous
• 4.7.1 Abaxial surface colour/not glaucous
• 4.7.2 Lamina texture
• 4.7.2 Lamina texture/membranous and translucent
• 4.7.2 Lamina texture/thick and succulent
• 4.8.1 Costa or costules
• 4.8.1 Costa or costules/absent
• 4.8.1 Costa or costules/present
• 4.8.2 Lateral vein network
• 4.8.2 Lateral vein network/forming a network
• 4.8.2 Lateral vein network/free
• 4.8.3 Lateral vein pinnation
• 4.8.3 Lateral vein pinnation/not pinnate
• 4.8.3 Lateral vein pinnation/pinnate
• 4.8.4 Lateral vein visibility (lower surface)
• 4.8.4 Lateral vein visibility (lower surface)/not visible with naked eye
• 4.8.4 Lateral vein visibility (lower surface)/visible with naked eye
• 4.8.5 Upper surface costa groove
• 4.8.5 Upper surface costa groove/grooved
• 4.8.5 Upper surface costa groove/not grooved
• 4.8.6 False veins (Hymenophyllaceae)
• 4.8.6 False veins (Hymenophyllaceae)/present
• 4.9.1 Stipe
• 4.9.1 Stipe/absent
• 4.9.1 Stipe/present
• 4.9.2 Stipe base auricles
• 4.9.2 Stipe base auricles/auriculate
• 4.9.2 Stipe base auricles/not auriculate
• 4.9.3 Stipe colour
• 4.9.3 Stipe colour/green
• 4.9.3 Stipe colour/reddish brown, dark brown to black
• 4.9.3 Stipe colour/yellow to pale brown
• 4.9.4 Stipe length
• 4.9.4 Stipe length/longer than lamina length
• 4.9.4 Stipe length/more or less equal to lamina length
• 4.9.4 Stipe length/shorter than lamina length
• 4.9.5 Stipe surface texture
• 4.9.5 Stipe surface texture/rough, warty, spiney, prickly
• 4.9.5 Stipe surface texture/smooth
• 4.9.6 Stipe upper surface groove
• 4.9.6 Stipe upper surface groove/grooved
• 4.9.6 Stipe upper surface groove/not grooved
• 4.9.7 Stipe winged on lateral surfaces
• 4.9.7 Stipe winged on lateral surfaces/not winged
• 4.9.7 Stipe winged on lateral surfaces/winged

• 5. Reproductive Structures
• 5.1 Sporangia size
• 5.1 Sporangia size/large
• 5.1 Sporangia size/small
• 5.2 Sporangia solitary or grouped
• 5.2 Sporangia solitary or grouped/fused in synangia
• 5.2 Sporangia solitary or grouped/grouped on leaf
• 5.2 Sporangia solitary or grouped/solitary on leaf
• 5.3.1 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover
• 5.3.1 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover/absent
• 5.3.1 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover/present
• 5.3.2 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover orientation
• 5.3.2 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover orientation/opening away from lamina margin
• 5.3.2 Indusium, involucre or sorus-cover orientation/opening towards lamina margin
• 5.3.3 Involucre opening
• 5.3.3 Involucre opening/bilabiate
• 5.3.3 Involucre opening/tubular to funnel-shaped
• 5.3.4 Sorus position
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/adjacent to midrib
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/following lateral veins
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/medial
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/on or adjacent the margin
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/scatterd on lamina surface
• 5.3.4 Sorus position/tip of lobe
• 5.3.5 Sorus shape
• 5.3.5 Sorus shape/acrostichoid
• 5.3.5 Sorus shape/linear
• 5.3.5 Sorus shape/round to reniform
• 5.3.6 Sorus visibility from upper surface of lamina
• 5.3.6 Sorus visibility from upper surface of lamina/not visible
• 5.3.6 Sorus visibility from upper surface of lamina/visible
• 5.4.1 Synangia position
• 5.4.1 Synangia position/on a pedicel arising from the lamina
• 5.4.1 Synangia position/sessile in the axil of a pair of microphylls
• 5.4.1 Synangia position/sessile on lower surface of lamina
• 5.5 Proliferous buds on frond
• 5.5 Proliferous buds on frond/present

• 6.1 Rhizome and stipe base indumentum
• 6.1.1 Rhizome scales (present or absent)
• 6.1.1 Rhizome scales (present or absent)/absent
• 6.1.1 Rhizome scales (present or absent)/present
• 6.1.2 Rhizome scale attachment
• 6.1.2 Rhizome scale attachment/not peltate
• 6.1.2 Rhizome scale attachment/peltate
• 6.1.3 Rhizome scale surface texture
• 6.1.3 Rhizome scale surface texture/clathrate
• 6.1.3 Rhizome scale surface texture/not clathrate
• 6.1.4 Rhizome scale colour
• 6.1.4 Rhizome scale colour/red, brown or black
• 6.1.4 Rhizome scale colour/transparent or whitish
• 6.1.4 Rhizome scale colour/yellowish
• 6.1.5 Rhizome scale margins
• 6.1.5 Rhizome scale margins/entire
• 6.1.5 Rhizome scale margins/hairy, toothed or irregular
• 6.1.6 Rhizome hairs (present or absent)
• 6.1.6 Rhizome hairs (present or absent)/absent
• 6.1.6 Rhizome hairs (present or absent)/present
• 6.2 Stipe, rachis or costa indumentum
• 6.2.1 Stipe scales (present or absent)
• 6.2.1 Stipe scales (present or absent)/absent
• 6.2.1 Stipe scales (present or absent)/present
• 6.2.10 Stipe hair colour
• 6.2.10 Stipe hair colour/red, brown to black
• 6.2.10 Stipe hair colour/transparent to whitish
• 6.2.10 Stipe hair colour/yellowish
• 6.2.2 Scale location
• 6.2.2 Scale location/costa
• 6.2.2 Scale location/rachis
• 6.2.2 Scale location/stipe/
• 6.2.3 Stipe scale attachment
• 6.2.3 Stipe scale attachment/not peltate
• 6.2.3 Stipe scale attachment/peltate
• 6.2.4 Stipe scale surface texture
• 6.2.4 Stipe scale surface texture/clathrate
• 6.2.4 Stipe scale surface texture/not clathrate
• 6.2.5 Stipe scale colour
• 6.2.5 Stipe scale colour/reddish, brown or black
• 6.2.5 Stipe scale colour/transparent or whitish
• 6.2.5 Stipe scale colour/yellowish
• 6.2.6 Stipe scale margin
• 6.2.6 Stipe scale margin/entire
• 6.2.6 Stipe scale margin/hairy, toothed or irregular
• 6.2.7 Stipe hairs (present or absent)
• 6.2.7 Stipe hairs (present or absent)/absent
• 6.2.7 Stipe hairs (present or absent)/present
• 6.2.8 Stipe hair type
• 6.2.8 Stipe hair type/forked, T-shaped, dendritic
• 6.2.8 Stipe hair type/stellate
• 6.2.8 Stipe hair type/unbranched
• 6.2.9 Stipe hair location
• 6.2.9 Stipe hair location/costa
• 6.2.9 Stipe hair location/rachis
• 6.2.9 Stipe hair location/stipe
• 6.3 Lamina indumentum
• 6.3.1 Lamina scales (present or absent)
• 6.3.1 Lamina scales (present or absent)/absent
• 6.3.1 Lamina scales (present or absent)/present
• 6.3.2 Lamina scale attachment
• 6.3.2 Lamina scale attachment/not peltate
• 6.3.2 Lamina scale attachment/peltate
• 6.3.3 Lamina scale texture
• 6.3.3 Lamina scale texture/clathrate
• 6.3.3 Lamina scale texture/not clathrate
• 6.3.4 Lamina scale colour
• 6.3.4 Lamina scale colour/red, brown or black
• 6.3.4 Lamina scale colour/transparent or whitish
• 6.3.4 Lamina scale colour/yellowish
• 6.3.5 Lamina scale margin
• 6.3.5 Lamina scale margin/entire
• 6.3.5 Lamina scale margin/hairy, toothed to irregular
• 6.3.6 Lamina hairs (present or absent)
• 6.3.6 Lamina hairs (present or absent)/absent
• 6.3.6 Lamina hairs (present or absent)/present
• 6.3.7 Lamina hair type
• 6.3.7 Lamina hair type/forked, T-shaped, dendritic
• 6.3.7 Lamina hair type/stellate
• 6.3.7 Lamina hair type/unbranched
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour/black
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour/brown
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour/reddish
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour/transparent or whitish
• 6.3.8 Lamina hair colour/yellowish

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