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Botanical Terms - Acrostichum
Pteridaceae family member Acrostichum a genus of ferns with a *acrostichoid' state, which also independently arose in other ferns, where the leaves are *pinnate, the rhizome is creeping, and the upper pinnae are reduced and covered in *sporangia below. In mangrove forests found across the tropics, there are three species (A. aureum being the most prevalent). Young leaves on it can be eaten.
Pteridaceae family member Acrostichum a genus of ferns with a *acrostichoid' state, which also independently arose in other ferns, where the leaves are *pinnate, the rhizome is creeping, and the upper pinnae are reduced and covered in *sporangia below. In mangrove forests found across the tropics, there are three species (A. aureum being the most prevalent). Young leaves on it can be eaten.
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