Rhizome thick, scaly. Stipe articulated to rhizome, glabrous except at base. Fronds pinnate; lamina glabrous or sometimes with glandular hairs or few scales in young fronds; pinnae lobes near sori often incurved. Sori submarginal; indusium semi-cylindric, cup-shaped.
34 species from Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific; 4 occurring in Australia, only 1 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.
