Citation: Dryander ex Smith, Mém. Acad. Turin 5: 413 (1793).

Derivation: After John Lindsay, a surgeon in Jamaica.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Terrestrial ferns or rarely epiphytic; rhizome short- or long-creeping, clad with scales; fronds uniform or more rarely dimorphic, pinnate to pinnately decompound; stipes not articulated to the rhizome; pinnae and pinnules glabrous, flabellate, dimidiate or cuneate; veins usually free; sori submarginal, terminal on veins, sometimes continuous; indusium opening towards the margin.

Distribution:  About 200 species especially in the tropics; 14 in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available