Glossary Details – French Guianan E-Flora Project

Glossary Details:

Title: False indusium and bifurcate veins of Pteridium aquilinum. Photo by S. A. Mori.

Description: False indusium and bifurcate veins based on an unvouchered plant of Pteridium aquilinum from the Adirondacks, Warren County, New York. The indusium is considered false because it is formed by the enrolled margins of the pinnules.

Term:

Indusium false (plural = indusia false)

Definition:

Referring to an indusium formed by the enrolled leaf margins of a fern.

Related Terms:

Indusium (plural = indusia)
Pinnule