Pyrrosia rhodesiana (C. Chr.) Schelpe

rhodesiana: of Rhodesia; the type locality is from Zimbabwe, formely Rhodesia

Rhizome creeping, c. 2 mm in diameter; rhizome scales reddish-brown, shining, lanceolate, c. 6 mm long, margins practically entire towards the apex, finely toothed towards the base. Fronds simple, spaced apart, thick, coriaceous. Stipe badly defined, up to 1 cm long, broadening gradually into the lamina, covered with hairs simular to those on the lamina. Lamina narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, up to 30 × 3 cm, apex sharply pointed to rounded, base tapering, margin entire, midrib slightly prominent on both surfaces; lamina covered with a dense coat of light brown, stellate hairs with slender arms of c. 1 mm long, upper surface soon becoming (sub)glabrous, stipe only much later. Sori c. 0.5 mm, scattered over greater part of frond, hardly visible due to the dense tomentum.

Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe