Pteridophyte genera Lindsaea Dryander Terrestrial, rupestral, scandent or ipiphytic ferns of small to medium size.
Spores trilete or less commonly monolete, smooth.
Species in Papuasia 1a. Lamina pinnate and deeply pinnatifid, or bipinnate or more compound, without a conform terminal pinna, the upper pinnae gradually reduced L. media Lamina simply pinnate, or if more compound then with a conform terminal pinna sharply set off from the lateral pinnae. 4 Veins quite free 5 4a. L. ensifolia ssp. Agatii Upper pinnae little reduced, the lamina with a free,conform terminal pinna L. ensifloia ssp.