Rhizome brittle, long-creeping, densely scaly; scales cleft at base and attached near sinus. Stipe not articulated to rhizome. Fronds 2-several times pinnate. Lamina glabrous, ultimate segments asymmetic. Sori almost marginal or midway between the margin and midrib, circular; indusium circular, with central stalk, membranous.
6 species, all except 1 confined to Madagascar.
Rumohra is sometimes included in the Davalliaceae.
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.
