Camptosorus

/kæmptoʊˈsoːrəs/ noun

A genus of ferns characterized by curved or bent sori (the structures that contain spores) arranged along the fronds.

From Greek 'kampto' (bent) and 'sorus' (heap or cluster), a botanical Latin term created in the 19th century to classify ferns with distinctive spore arrangements.

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