Odontosoria Fée

Greek odontos - tooth, sorus - spore case.

Mostly medium-sized to large fast-growing terrestrial creeping ferns grown for their delicately dissected fronds. Sterile and fertile fronds similar. Fronds divided at least 2 times and often finely dissected. Segments wedge-shaped to linear, membranous to leathery; veins free or forked. Indusium positioned at the end of 1-many veins, attached at the base and along most of its sides.

22 species throughout the tropics.

Sori at the tips of the wedge-shaped segments at the end of 1-many veins, the indusium opening outwards, attached at the base and sides.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Lindsaeaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Polypodiopsida
order     Polypodiales
family      Lindsaeaceae
Higher taxa
Subordinate taxa
species        Odontosoria chinensis (L.) Sm.