Lindsaea lobata

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Description

Leaves clustered;

Distribution

Admiralty Is present, Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Caroline Is present, Flores present, Lesser Sunda Is present, Sumba present, West and Central Java present

Malesia: Sumatra, West and Central Java, Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali, Sumba, Flores), Borneo, Celebes, Philippines (rare and local), New Guinea (rare), Admiralty Is.; a few doubtful collections from the Malay Peninsula; Caroline Is. Distinct varieties in Hainan and Indo-China. Records from elsewhere are due to confusion with related species.

Notes

In West Java, where this species is common, it is very homogeneous. Specimens from elsewhere, where it is much rarer, are often somewhat aberrant. There may be some hybridiz- ation with related species.

Citation

Diels 1902: p. 221. – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. I: f. 119 G

Hooker 1846: p. 224. – In: Sp. Fil.: pl. 68 A

Backer & Posthumus 1939: Varenfl. Java: 115: f. 22

Holttum 1954 – In: Rev. Fl. Mal.: 332