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Description of the genus

Rhizome creeping; rhizome scales brown, peltate. Stipe articulated. Fronds spaced apart, pinnate to 2-pinnatifid, without proliferating buds; pinnae articulated to the rhachis; veins free with or without hydathodes. Sori circular, terminal on the veins; indusium kidney-shaped, entire.

Derivation of name: arthros: joint, pteris: fern; referring to the not always easily detectable articulation of the stipes.

Worldwide: 12-15 species, mainly in the Old World tropics

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
monocarpa (Cordem.) C. Chr.	N,C,S	Description, Image
orientalis (J.F.Gmel.) Posth.	N,S	Description, Image

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