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Diagnostic description
Danaea kalevala belongs to a complex of species that has traditionally been called D. nodosa.It can easily be distinguished from that species by its enormous rhizomes that bear several rows of leaves.It has many (13-16) pairs of lanceolate pinnae that are widest at the middle.
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Evolution
Danaea kalevala belongs to the ‘nodosa’-clade.It is sister to a group uniting:(Tree of Life web project).The genus Danaea is sister to all other Marattiaceae (http://tolweb.org/Marattiaceae/134249).
Danaea kalevala belongs to a complex of species that has traditionally been called D. nodosa.It can easily be distinguished from that species by its enormous rhizomes that bear several rows of leaves.It has many (13-16) pairs of lanceolate pinnae that are widest at the middle.
Lookalikes
- Danaea nodosa (L.) D. media Liebm.
- D. nigrescens Jenm.
- D. erecta Tuomisto & R.C.Moran
- D. grandifolia Underw.
Evolution
Danaea kalevala belongs to the ‘nodosa’-clade.It is sister to a group uniting:(Tree of Life web project).The genus Danaea is sister to all other Marattiaceae (http://tolweb.org/Marattiaceae/134249).
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