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Polypodium rhynchophyllum Hooker, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 6: t. 954. 1854; Crypsinus okamotoi (Tagawa) Tagawa; C. rhynchophyllus (Hooker) Copeland; Phymatodes okamotoi Tagawa; P. rhynchophylla (Hooker) Ching; Phymatopsis rhynchophylla (Hooker) J. Smith; Phymatopteris rhynchophylla (Hooker) Pichi Sermolli; Pleopeltis rhynchophylla (Hooker) T. Moore; Selliguea okamotoi (Tagawa) Ralf Knapp.

Rhizome 1-2 mm in diam., densely scaly throughout; scales brown, ovate-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, margin entire to sparsely toothed, apex acuminate. Fronds dimorphic. Sterile fronds: stipe 1-2 cm; lamina simple, ovate or oblong, 1-5 × 1-2 cm, base cordate, margin notched, apex obtuse. Lateral veins distinct. Lamina herbaceous or subleathery, both surfaces glabrous, abaxial surface usually purplish, adaxial surface green. Fertile fronds: stipe 5-10 cm; lamina linear or lanceolate, 5-20 × 1-2 cm, soriferous portion not or only slightly contracted. Sori orbicular, medial.

Epiphytic on tree trunks, crevices of rocks or on rocky slopes; 1200-2700 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Cambodia, N India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].