Cyclophorus rhodesianus C.Chr.
Cyclophorus oblanceolatus C.Chr.
Cyclophorus madagascariensis C.Chr.
Pyrrosia madagascariensis (C.Chr.) Schelpe

Rhizome shortly creeping, 1.3-3.6 mm in diameter; rhizome scales reddish-brown, shining, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate, apex rounded to pointed, 4-9.7 x 0.6-1.6 mm, margins practically entire towards the apex, finely toothed towards the base. Fronds simple, spaced apart (0.5-3 cm), thick, coriaceous. Stipe badly defined, up to 8 cm long, broadening gradually into the lamina, covered with hairs simular to those on the lamina but glabrous with age. Lamina narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 7-45 x 0.3-3 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, apical or scattered over greater part of frond, hardly visible due to the dense tomentum.

Can be confused with Pyrrosia schimperiana which has fronds that are covered with more whitish hairs with short, flat arms.

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

Semi-deciduous or evergreen forest on east- or south-facing slopes.

See African distribution.

Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania , Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Epiphytic, lithophytic.