Description
Stellate hairs dimorphic, a dense mat, brown, the straight rays acicular.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), India to Japan, Taiwan and Indochina present, Luzon present
From India to Japan, Taiwan and Indochina. In Malesia: Philippines (Luzon).
Notes
1 This species has been reported under the misinterpreted name Niphobolus fissus and has been confused with P. penangiana (as N. mollis) and N. rasamalae (as N. flocciger).
2. A predominantly continental species with the Malesian occurrence restricted to northern Luzon in the Philippines.
Citation
1986 – In: Leiden Bot. Ser.: 226
Giesenh. 1901: Niphobolus: 135
Copel. 1960: Fern Fl. Philipp.: 473
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns: 687
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns: 687
