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Key to Athyriaceae

Athyriaceae

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1 Leaves 1-pinnate to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid (the pinnae entire or pinnatifid); sori elongate, 2.5-6× as long as wide, even the larger sori generally straight and not extending across the veins.
(c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY
  2 Leaves 1-pinnate, the pinnae entire
(c) Cressler, Alan M.
  2 Leaves 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, the pinnae pinnatifid
(c) Kalininsky, Timur - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
1 Leaves 2-pinnate to 3-pinnate (the pinnae at least 1-pinnate); sori elongate, 2-3× as long as wide, the larger sori generally curved and extending across the veins (except Diplazium esculentum).
    3 Veins anastamosing
(c) Bridges, Edwin
    3 Veins free, simple or forked.
      4 Rhizomes short-creeping to ascending; leaves variegated, silvery gray and gray-green; [exotic, rarely persisting or naturalizing]
      4 Rhizomes erect; leaves not variegated, bright green; [native and widespread, sometimes cultivated]
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Key to Diplazium

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1 Leaves 2-pinnate to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid; veins anastomosing
1 Leaves pinnate or pinnate-pinnatifid; veins free or anastomosing.