Epiphytic or terrestrial ferns. Rhizomes short to long-creeping, terete, lacking cavities, occasionally pruinose, scaly. Rhizome scales clathrate, squarrose. Fronds monomorphic, articulated to rhizome, undivided, coriaceous, virtually glabrous. Veins reticulate; areoles with free included veinlets; hydathodes often present. Sori round or slightly elongate, superficial, arranged in single rows of 5–12 between the main lateral veins, not confluent with age; paraphyses present as abortive sporangia; exindusiate. Spores monolete, bilaterally symmetrical, smooth to slightly papillate.
A genus of 10 species (Lellinger 1972).
A neotropical genus occurring from Cuba and Mexico to Argentina and Uruguay. One species casual in New Zealand.
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Casual | 1 |
Total | 1 |