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Todea is a small genus of large, coarse ferns in the royal fern family (Osmundaceae), with only two living species. It is grown mainly as a cool, shade-loving fern for collectors and in fern gardens.
The fern genus Todea is known from only two living species. Species in the genus Todea, as Leptopteris, are distinct from other in Osmundaceae in that sporangia are born on laminar pinnules.
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