Family:
Dennstaedtiaceae,
Pteridales;
Pterididae;
Polypodianae;
Pteridophyta.
Region: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
Habitat: tropical and subtropical; in moist, shady environments, tropical forests, areas with high humidity; in understory habitats with partial to full shade.
Ecology: maintaining humidity; providing habitat for small organisms; preventing soil erosion.
Use: ornamental, for its elegant, delicate appearance.
BotanyFern; perennial; terrestrial, or as an epiphyte.
Roots: fibrous, fine; from its rhizome.
Leaves: long; slender; finely pinnately divided, with divided fronds; leaflets finely cut, elongated; with delicate, arching, feathery, lacy appearance; 30 to 50 cm in length; dark green; smooth.
Rhizome: creeping, slender; covered with fine hairs or scales.
Sori: circular or elongated; located along the veins of the fronds; covered by an indusium.
Synammia feuilleiFamily:
Drynarioideae;
Polypodiaceae,
Region: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.
Habitat: tropical and subtropical; in moist, shady environments, tropical forests, areas with high humidity; in understory habitats with partial to full shade.
Ecology: maintaining humidity; providing habitat for small organisms; preventing soil erosion.
Use: ornamental, for its elegant, delicate appearance.