BlechnaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Doodia caudata (Cav.) R. Br.
- Common Name: Small Rasp Fern
- Family: Blechnaceae (C. Presl) Copel.
- Country of Origin: Australia to New Zealand
- Habitat: temperate to subtropical terrestrial fern
- Description: "Rhizome short-creeping or tufted, covered with dark scales.
Fronds almost erect to decumbent, dimorphic, narrow-lanceolate, 15–30 cm high; stipe short, pale but dark towards base; lamina dark green, almost membranous to ± leathery, 1-pinnatifid to 1-pinnate with more than 1 pair of pinnae free, sessile to shortly stalked.
Sori in 1 row on each side of midrib and close to it, variable, ± circular to elongate, 1.5–2 mm long, becoming confluent with age."1
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 199900039
- Source: AFS Spore Bank
- Accession Date: 05-13-1999
- Bench: 2312 - NZ/Australia - Low
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-15-2011
Classification:- Division: Ferns
- Class: Polypodiopsida
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- Order: Polypodiales
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- Family: Blechnaceae
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References:
- New South Wales FLORA ONLINE
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