Etymology
Named for Thomas Jenkinson Woodward, (1745-1820), an English botanist.
Description
Rhizome: long-creeping, scales.
Frond: deciduous, monomorphic or dimorphic.
Stipe: scaly or not, vascular bundles: variable.
Blade: pinnatifid to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, thin-textured, scales on emergence in W. areolata, but glabrous later.
veins free or partly netted.
Sori: in chainlike rows, but distinct, along the costae, indusium: flap-like, opening towards the costa.
Distinctive Characteristics
Linear sori adjacent to the costae characterize Woodwardia.
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