Description
Stellate hairs dimorphic, a dense thin mat, light greyish brown, the straight upper rays dark brown, acicular, appressed with one central, elongated (to 2.5 mm), erect ray always present.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present)
Taxonomy
Can only be confused with P. princeps and P. platyphylla, and easily distinguished by the long ‘dorsal spines’ on the stellate hairs.
Citation
Giesenh. 1901: Niphobolus: 99
Copel. 1960: Fern Fl. Philipp.: 473
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns: 696
Holttum 1968: Nov. Bot. Inst. Bot. Univ. Car. Prag.: 27
Hovenkamp 1986 – In: Leiden Bot. Ser.: 251
C. Chr. 1918 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: 16
