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Adiantaceae

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | 250 words | Copyright

Adiantaceae A family of ferns in which sori are borne on the undersides of the veins of the pinnules, without indusia. Their distribution is cosmopolitan but they occur most abundantly in the moist tropics. There are about 56 genera and 1100 species.

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