Lindsaea sect. Synaphlebium
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Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: India present, NE. Australia present, Pacific: Marquesas (Marquesas present), Paleotropical present
Paleotropical, from India to Taiwan, the Marquesas, and NE. Australia.
Taxonomy
Lamina bipinnate or subtripinnate, with conform terminal pinna, or simply pinnate; pinnules dimidiate, reticulate-veined; spores trilete. The rhizome is short-creeping, but it may be more long-creeping in exceptionally epiphytic specimens from moist montane habitats. Species with anastomosing veins from other sections have in the past been incorrectly assigned to this section. A few species: L. crispa Baker, L. malayensis Holttum, L. napaea v.A.v.R., usually have irregularly, i.e. incompletely anastomosing veins, and the boundary of the section is not entirely sharp. Itis particularly close to sect. Temnolindsaea. The delimitation of the species meets with unusual difficulties, and the present treatment should by no means be regarded as final.