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Phlebodium aureum

Polypodiaceae

polypody family
Habit Plants herbs, perennial.
Stems

creeping over soil or rock or epiphytic, bearing scales several cells wide.
Leaves

monomorphic or dimorphic;

petiole usually articulated at the base and lacking scales.
Blades

mostly simple to pinnatifid or pinnate, indumentum of scales and occasionally hairs usually sparse.
Sori

produced on veins on the abaxial surfaces of the leaves; round to elongate, rarely marginal or covering the abaxial surface;

indusia absent.
Spores

bilateral; pale to transparent.

Phlebodium aureum

Polypodiaceae
Distribution
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Discussion

Cosmopolitan. Approximately 90 genera; 1 genus treated in Flora.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1, page 95
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