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Glossary of Terms
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Annual |
Completes life cycle in a single year. |
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Aposporus |
Without spores. |
| Bipinnate | Pinnae divided into distinctly separate pinnules. |
| Bipinnate-pinnatifid | Pinnules almost divided into pinnulets. |
| Crested | Forked tips. |
| Crozier | Uncurling frond. |
| Genus (genera) | Term for describing a closely related group of species. |
| Hybrid | Result of a sexual cross between two different taxa. |
| Pinna (pinnea) | Primary divisions of frond. |
| Pinnules | Divisions of pinnae. |
| Pinnulets | Divisions of pinules. |
| Rachis | Section of the frond midrib that bears the leafy part of the frond. |
| Rhizome | The ferns stem. Maybe erect as in tree ferns, or creeping as in polypodiums. |
| Sorus | The spore-producing structure. |
| Spore | Dust like particles which germinate to produce a prothalus |
| Taxon (taxa) | A unit of classification. |
| Xerophyte | Growing in dry habitats. |
This site was last updated 17-10-2006
