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PolypodLaceae (Fig. 4)

With all local genera except Pyrrosia examined, this family shows extreme consistency with n = 37 in all cases. Cytologically there is nothing to distinguish Holttum's Grammitidaceae (Grammitis and Ctenopteris) from Microsorium and Anarthropteris.

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The New Zealand species assigned to Microsorium by Copeland are distinct cytologically from both Microsorium (n = 36) and Phymatodes (n = 36) of Holttum as recorded by Manton (1954) and Manton and Sledge (1954). It is intended also to examine this group in greater detail.

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