Dennstaedtia glabrescens Ching, Bull. Dept. Biol. Sun Yatsen Univ. 6: 24. 1933; Hypolepis apicilaris B. S. Wang.

Both surfaces of lamina, rachis, rachillae, and costae glabrous or very sparsely hairy. Indusium glabrous.

One of us (Serizawa) treats Dennstaedtia scabra var. glabrescens as a distinct species.

Evergreen broad-leaved forests; 1800-2300 m. Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam].