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Frond dimorphism

A cultivated hen and chickens fern outside.

The cultivated hen and chickens fern produces two sorts of fronds – fronds with narrow pinnae that make spores and fronds with wide pinnae that do not make spores. This dimorphism of fronds is not seen in wild hen and chickens ferns.

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Rights: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Published: 24 September 2010Size: 906.19 KB
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