Histiopteris — Details

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Rhizome widely creeping with well-spaced fronds.  Fronds 2-3-pinnatifid, glabrous and glaucous; veins anastomosing freely. Pinnae opposite with stipule-like basal pinna lobes or pinnules. Sori borne in a continuous line at the margin. Indusium consisting of the reflexed margin of the lamina.
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Source: Flora of Zimbabwe

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Histiopteris (J. Agardh) J. Sm.:
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
New Zealand (Oceania)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Peru (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Juan Fernandez Isl (Oceania)
Australia (Oceania)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
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