Citation: Smith, Mém. Acad. Turin 5:419 (1793).

Derivation: After F. W. Gleichen, a German botanist, 1717-1783.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Rhizome long-creeping, much branched; fronds once forked or pseudodichotomously branched, often interlacing and forming dense thickets; ultimate segments less than 5 mm long, flat, pouch-like or recurved, oblong to semi-orbicular; sori composed of 1-6 sporangia.

Image source: fig. 17e in J.P. Jessop and H.R. Toelken Ed. 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  About 10 species; 5 in Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available