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Perennial from rhizome.
Stem: annual to perennial herb, generally erect, of 2 kinds ( sterile, fertile) or not; internodes with lengthwise alternating ridges and grooves, hollow except at nodes, branches 0 or whorled, alternate leaves.
Leaf: scale-like, whorled, fused into nodal sheath with as many teeth as leaves, generally not green.
Sporangia: several on inner surface of peltate scales that are clustered into a terminal cone; spores of 1 kind, spheric, green, unmarked, with 4 strap-like appendages.
1 genus, 15 species: worldwide except Australia, New Zealand. [Hauke 1993 FNANM 2:76–84] —Scientific Editors: Alan R. Smith, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Previous taxon: Polystichum scopulinum
Next taxon: Equisetum
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) [year] Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html [accessed on month, day, year]
Citation for an individual treatment: [Author of taxon treatment] [year]. [Taxon name] in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, [URL for treatment]. Accessed on [month, day, year].
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