| General Information |
| Distribution | Native from India to Polynesia.In the Hawaiian Islands,
indigenous to
Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.
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| Habitat | Mesic to wet forests |
| Elevation | 250-945 m
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Habit
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Epiphytic, medium-sized; stems sub-erect or pendulous, unforked to 3-forked, 20- 70 x 2.0-4.5 cm, stiff, with fertile terminal strobili.
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Leaves
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Sterile leaves usually close except at bases, in irregular rows, lanceolate, 10- 22 x 3-4 mm, stiff, coriaceous, ascending above, decurrent below, tips acute, margins entire, contracted at bases, midribs distinct on undersurfaces; fertile leaves much smaller, ovate, acute-tipped, ribbed.
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Sori
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Strobili 5-25 cm x 2.5-4 mm, usually less extensive than sterile stems, 1/10-1/5 stem widths, 1 to 4-forked.
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Notes
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Greek phyllon, leaf, + anthera, anther, probably referring to the strobili of fertile leaves.
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Contributor
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Sally Eichhorn
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