Cystopteris
Cystopteris (family Aspleniaceae) A genus of ferns characterized by their orbicular (disc-shaped) sori borne on receptacles on their own vascular strands, with inflated, bladder-like indusia. There are about 18 species, of cosmopolitan distribution.
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