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ray fern

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Also known as: Actinostachys

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annotated classification

In fern: Annotated classification
…cells; 2 genera (Schizaea and Actinostachys) with about 30 species, mostly tropical. Family Lygodiaceae Rhizomes long-creeping, hairy; leaves indeterminate in growth, climbing and often twining, the primary divisions alternate along the elongating stemlike rachis; sporangia often in 2 rows, densely spaced along specialized slender lobes of the ultimate segments, each…
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Schizaeaceae

In Schizaeaceae
The 16 species of ray ferns of the genus Actinostachys have leaf blades that are reduced to a very narrow strip on either side of the midrib.
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