Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Cuernos Mts present, Malaysia present, Negros present
Malaysia: Philippines (Negros: Cuernos Mts), once collected.
Notes
This is near to G. longissima Bl., but differs in persistent abundant scaliness. A collection of G. longissima from Canlaon Yolcano, Negros (Merrill 607) shows very scaly young parts of a frond, but the scales are much narrower and the old parts are glabrous.
