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Australian ferns & fern allies |
Key ex Copeland 1949, Philip, J. Sci. 78:10.
| 1a. | Pinnae and pinnules not articulate | 2 |
| Pinnae and pinnules articulate | D. galbrata | |
| 2a. | Axes not aculeate | 3 |
| Major axes aculeate | 8 | |
| 3a. | Veins setose | 4 |
| Veins naked on both surfaces | 6 | |
| 4a. | Veins setose on both surfaces | 5 |
| Veins steose beneath, naked above | D. magnifica | |
| 5a. | Herbaceous | D. penicillifera |
| Subcoriaceous | D. concinna | |
| 6a. | Rachises naked or glabrescent | 7 |
| Rachises pubescent | D. flaccida | |
| 7a. | Axes light brown | D. cuneata |
| Axes dark | D. shawii | |
| 8a. | Frond tripinnatifid | D. resinifera |
| Frond at least quadripinatifid | 9 | |
| 9a. | Lowest pinnules not dwarfed | 10 |
| Lowest pinnules dwarfed | D. scandens | |
| 10a. | Herbaceous | D. novoguineensis |
| Subcoriaceous |
11 | |
| 11a. | Ultimate segments acute | D. moluccana |
| Ultimate segments rounded | D. papuana |
