Osmundaceae Martinov

This family is accepted.

[FWTA]

Osmundaceae, A.H.G Alston. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1959

Morphology General Habit
Terrestrial ferns with suberect rhizomes, clothed with persistent leaf–bases; fronds bipinnate (in W.African species), spirally arranged, when young covered with long simple hairs, base with a stipule–like flange; leaf trace crescent–shaped; sporangia with walls one cell thick borne on both surfaces of fertile pinnules in the upper part of the leaves (in W.African species) pyriform with a short stalk made up of about 5 rows of cells; annulus represented by a cluster of lateral cells with thickened walls

[FTEA]

Osmundaceae, B. Verdcourt, B.Sc., Ph.D.. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1999

Morphology General Habit
Terrestrial plants with erect or procumbent creeping rhizomes enclosed by a mass of persistent stipe-bases which are winged at the base

[FZ]

Osmundaceae, E. A. C. L. E. Schelpe. Flora Zambesiaca. 1970

Morphology General Habit
Terrestrial plants with erect or procumbent creeping rhizomes enclosed by a mass of persistent stipe-bases which are winged at the base

Osmundaceae Martinov appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 445. 1820 [3 Aug 1820] (1820)

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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