Asplenium L.
Fronds simple or irregularly divided into segments at the base only
Fronds stipitate, simple or irregularly divided into segments at the base only, up to 45 cm long, up to 5.5 cm broad; the apex often proliferous and very attenuated except in juvenile fronds. Sori 3–4 mm apart, up to 1.5 cm long. Main rhachis or midrib ± scaly. Intramarginal veins absent. Rhizome short, tufted. Damp rocks in shady places or in closed gullies, occasionally epiphytic
Fronds lobed in lower third, or pinnate at base. Coast and adjacent plateaus Asplenium attenuatumattenuatum
Fronds all simple. Lower Blue Mts, northwards Asplenium attenuatumindivisum