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    • The lamina is the flat, green leafy blade of a fern frond.
    Rights: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Published 29 March 2015 Size: 140 KB Referencing Hub media

    The lamina is the flat, green leafy blade of the frond. The lamina includes the rachis (midrib or stalk) and the pinnae (leaflets).

    Image acknowledgement: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

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