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1. Rhachidosorus Ching, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 9: 73. 1964.
轴果蕨属 zhou guo jue shu
Morphological characters and geographic distribution are the same as those of the family.
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Stipe and rachis red-brown; pinnules asymmetrical. |
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1 R. mesosorus |
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Upper part of stipe and rachis stramineous; pinnules symmetrical or ?symmetrical |
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2 (1) |
Pinnules and pinnule lobes contiguous or approximate, lobes truncate, entire or shallowly crenate. |
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2 R. truncatus |
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Pinnules and pinnule lobes (particularly basal ones) apart, lobes orbicular, crenate |
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3 (2) |
Pinnule lobes and secondary pinnules usually oblong, rarely ovate. |
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3 R. consimilis |
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Pinnule lobes and secondary pinnules ovate |
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4 (3) |
Basal pinnae wider than upper ones, narrowly ovate, relative length to width ca. 2:1, surface of spores with few irregular, broadly flakelike folds. |
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4 R. blotianus |
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Basal pinnae similar to upper ones, broadly lanceolate, relative length to width ca. 3:1, surface of spores with sparse irregular flakelike and filiform protuberances. |
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5 R. pulcher |
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Lower Taxa
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