Anemiaceae

Anemiaceae
English: Flowering fern.
Genera: 1, Anemia; ± 150 species.
Region: Mexico.

Botany
Leaves: dimorphic, fertile and sterile fronds; lack well-defined sori; in fertile fronds, the two lowermost pinnae are highly modified to bear the sporangia.
Sporangia: with a horizontal annulus that lies below and completely encircles the top of the sporangium.
Chromosome numbers: x=38, n=38, 76, 114.

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