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- Group 1Lycophytes, Monilophytes
- Group 2Gymnosperms
- Group 3Monocots
- Group 4Woody angiosperms with opposite or whorled leaves
- Group 5Woody angiosperms with alternate leaves
- Group 6Herbaceous angiosperms with inferior ovaries
- Group 7Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries and zygomorphic flowers
- Group 8Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, and 2 or more distinct carpels
- Group 9Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, connate petals, and a solitary carpel or 2 or more connate carpels
- Group 10Herbaceous angiosperms with superior ovaries, actinomorphic flowers, distinct petals or the petals lacking, and 2 or more connate carpels
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- Blechnaceae
Blechnaceae
This family contains exactly one genus, Woodwardia.
See list of 2 species in this genusReference: Cranfill (1993).
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1a. Leaves monomorphic, with 15–20 pairs of distinct, lobed leaflets; veins forming 1 row of areoles adjacent to the costae or costules
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1b. Leaves dimorphic, with 7–10 pairs of leaflets, the sterile leaflets more or less confluent and serrulate; veins forming 2 or more rows of areoles adjacent to the costae
Show photos of: Each photo represents one species in this genus.