Distribution: China (Hainan); S-Japan (Yakushima Isl.); Ryukyu Isl.; Taiwan; Nicobar Isl.; peninsular Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak, Kalimantan); Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Flores); Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch. (Admiralty Isl.); Solomon Isl. (Bougainville, Guadalcanal, Kolombangara, Makira, Nggatokae, Ranongga, Rendova, Santa Ysabel, Vella Lavella); Santa Cruz Isl. (Vanikoro); New Caledonia; Vanuatu; Fiji (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Ovalau, Taveuni); American Samoa (Tutuila, Olosega, Ta´u); [Western] Samoa (Savai´i, ´Upolu); Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Society Isl. (Moorea)
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Remarks: possibly the same as C. bauerianum
Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012)
Synonyms: hidden
= Cephalomanes apiifolium (C.Presl) K.Iwats.; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 35(4-6): 176 (1984)
= Trichomanes apiifolium C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 16, 44 (1843)
= Trichomanes eminens C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 108 (1843)
= Trichomanes exaltatum Brack.; U.S. Expl. Exped., Filic. 16: 259 (1854)
= Trichomanes meifolium Blume; Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 227 (1828) (non Bory (1810))
= Trichomanes myrioplasium Kunze; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 477 (1846)