Flora of New Zealand Series

Selenodesmium Prantl Hymen. 1875, 53, as section of Trichomanes; Copeland in Philipp. J. Sci. 67, 1938, 80, as genus.

Rhizome abbreviated, forming a short stout ascending stock; stipites clustered. Stipes setulose when young. Lamina pinnately compound; cell walls thick, pitted. Indusium cylindric, mouth entire. Receptacle far exserted. A few, mainly tropical, spp.