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Australian ferns & fern allies |
Key modified ex Copeland 1949, Philip. J. Sci. 77:407
| 1a. | Rhizome climbing with spaced fronds | D. papuana |
| Rhizome compact with close fronds, +/- radial | 2 | |
| 2a. | Pinnae subpinnate | D. wallichiana |
| Fronds at least tripinnatifid at the base | 3 | |
| 3a. | Lowest pinnae much enlarged | D. sparsa |
| Lowest and suceeding pinnae similar | 4 | |
| 4a. | Pinnules freely compound | D. subarborea |
| Sterile pinnules hardly pinnate | 5 | |
| 5a. | Fronds uniform | D. bamleriana |
| Fronds somewhat dimorphic | D. pseudoparasistica |
