Lindsaea ensifolia subsp. agatii
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Distribution
Ambon present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo (Sabah present); New Guinea present, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Micronesia present, New Caledonia present, Pacific: Samoa (Samoa present), Timor present, Tonga Is present
Malesia: Ambon, Timor and New Guinea; 2 doubtful collections from Sabah. North- and eastward to Micronesia, Queensland, New Caledonia, the Tonga Is., and Samoa.
Notes
In regions where this and the following subspecies occur together intermediates are not very rare.
L. ensifolia subsp. agatii has often been confused with L. heterophylla, e.g. by Domin, l.c. Bipinnate forms may closely resemble that species but may be told apart by relatively wider pinnules, notably the upper ones, and more regularly anastomosing veins. subsp. ensifolia and subsp. agatii overlap geo- graphically and are connected by intermediates whereas L. heterophylla overlaps only with subsp. ensifolia from which it is sharply distinct.
L. ensifolia subsp. agatii has often been confused with L. heterophylla, e.g. by Domin, l.c. Bipinnate forms may closely resemble that species but may be told apart by relatively wider pinnules, notably the upper ones, and more regularly anastomosing veins. subsp. ensifolia and subsp. agatii overlap geo- graphically and are connected by intermediates whereas L. heterophylla overlaps only with subsp. ensifolia from which it is sharply distinct.