Tectaria
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Tectariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Description - Usually terrestrial ferns, with creeping or horizontal rootstocks, and thin broad lobed, coarsely toothed or pinnate leaves. Sori orbicular, dorsal, borne on the backs of veins. Indusia orbicular to reniform. Veins copiously anastomosing, forming many areolae. [Latin, referring to the indusia.] Over 40 species, natives of tropical and subtropical regions. Type species: Polypodium trifoliatum L.