Pteridaceae is a large family of ferns in the order Polypodiales. Members of the family have creeping or erect rhizomes and are mostly terrestrial or epipetric (growing on rock). The leaves are almost always compound and have linear sori that are typically on the margins of the leaves and lack a true indusium typically being protected by a false indusium formed from the reflexed margin of the leaf.
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