Amauropelta oppositiformis (C. Chr.) Holtt.

oppositiformis: formed opposite; refers to the opposite position of the pinnae.

Rhizome short erect; rhizome scales up to 4 mm long, brown, narrowly ovate, entire. Fronds tufted, erect to arching, not proliferous, herbaceous. Stipe up to 4 cm long, matt to dark brown, with minute white hairs. Lamina up to 60 × 15 cm, narrowly oblong-lanceolate to elliptic in outline, 2-pinnatifid, lower pinnae gradually reduced and widely spaced, lowest pinnae auriculate, reduced and reflexed. Pinnae narrowly oblong-lanceolate, up to 9 × 1.5 cm; upper surface with short, white hairs; lower surface subglabrous but with distinctive yellowish or reddish glands particularly along the veins and the costules. Ultimate lobes oblong, apex rounded to acute, margins entire; veins 6-7 pairs, not meeting the veins of the adjacent lobes. Rhachis pale brown, thinly set with minute pale hairs. Sori up to 8 per lobe; exindusiate or indusia small, with short white hairs, very quickly falling of.

Rare

Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.