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Record 1 2013-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Members of this division, which appeared in the Devonian [period] include [...] horsetails or scouring rushes and ferns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
OBS

Embranchement du règne végétal, encore appelé «cryptogames vasculaires».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
CONT

El término pteridofita se aplica en forma general [al grupo taxonómico de] los helechos y [...] plantas afines. Se caracterizan por tener un sistema vascular, porque no forman semillas durante su ciclo de vida y porque en este ciclo se alternan dos fases independientes y de vida libre, y una perenne y conspicua que es el esporofito (2n) planta conocida como helecho y que tiene un tallo o rizoma, hojas que van desde enteras hasta 4 a 5 veces divididas y que pueden medir desde unos cuantos milímetros hasta varios metros de longitud.

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