Australian Biological Resources Study

Flora of Australia Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups
GLOSSARY

Fern definitions mostly compiled by Mary D.Tindale
(definitions of conifer terms provided by K.D.Hill)

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nest fronds: specialised shield-like basal fronds in some ferns (e.g. Platycerium) which accumulate leaf litter.

nodosity: in Adiantum, a callus or swollen node, often lacking normal colouration, where a pinna or pinnule stalk arises from a rachis.