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Fronds pseudodichotomously branched with dormant apical buds Gleicheniaceae
Ultimate segments usually 1–6 cm long, flat; sori numerous on each segment, mostly in a single row on each side of the midrib. Pinnules of the ultimate branches of the frond undivided
Minor veinlets of the segments 2–10 times branched, rarely interspersed with a few once forked veinlets. Rhizome clothed with branched hairs. Sporangia 6–12 in each sorus. Nodes usually with a pair of divaricate accessory pinnae which are pectinato-pinnate. Spores tetrahedral in the Australian species Dicranopteris