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Description of the genus
Plants terrestrial. Rhizome wide-creeping, branched. Fronds monomorphic, closely to widely spaced, pinnate to 2-pinnate. Lamina with thin scales on the undersurface of costae, no reduced basal pinnae. Pinnae lobes with a few pairs of veins meeting below the sinus between the lobes.
Sori circular; indusium very small, reniform. Derivation of name: kuklos: circle; referring to the shape of the sori. Worldwide: c. 3 species, pantropical distribution. Zambia: 2 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
interruptus (Willd.) H. Itô | B,N,C,E,S | Nw,Lp,N,Mc,C,Lk,S,W | Description, Image |
striatus (Schumach.) Ching | B,N | Cb,Lp,N,W | Description |
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