Lindsaeaceae
Necklace Fern Family
The Lindsaeaceae family (Necklace Fern Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Polypodiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 3 species across 2 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Lindsaea and Odontosoria. Familiar examples include Graceful Necklace Fern and Fairy Fern.
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Small, finely divided fronds with distinctly fan-shaped or wedge-shaped leaflets, growing from a creeping, wiry rhizome; narrow, marginal spore clusters run along the leaflet edge rather than forming round dots on the frond's face.
As true ferns this family has no flowers or seeds — the wedge-shaped leaflets and marginal, edge-hugging spore clusters are the clearest way to tell it apart from other small ferns.
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