Lamina of 2 pairs of opposite leaflets. Leaflets narrowly to broadly obovate, glabrous or hairy; margins entire or shallowly or deeply crenate. Sporocarps solitary or in groups at base of or along stipe, hard and woody, oblong to globose, ellipsoid, hairy, ribbed or smooth, with 1 or 2 basal 'teeth'.
Cosmopolitan, 60 species; 7 in Australia, 4 in Victoria.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Ferns and allied plants (Psilophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Polypodiophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 13–111. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
